March 2020. Volume 16. Number 1

Does emergency department crowding influence the quality of care in the pediatric patient?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Doan Q, Wong H, Meckler G, Johnson D, Stang A, Dixon A, et al. The impact of pediatric emergency department crowding on patient and health care system outcomes: a multicentre cohort study. CMAJ. 2019;191:E627-35. 

Reviewers: Pérez González E1, Aizpurua Galdeano P2.
1Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. España.
2CS Ondarreta. San Sebastián. Guipúzcoa. España.
Correspondence: Elena Pérez González. Email: pg.elena@gmail.com
Reception date: 12/12/2019
Acceptance date: 20/12/2019
Publication date: 15/01/2020

Abstract

Authors’ conclusions: pediatric emergency crowding was associated with increased hospital admission at the index visit for the sickest children, and with return visits to the emergency department for those less sick.

Reviewers’ commentary: crowding of emergency departments was related to an increase in hospital admission for the sickest children during the initial visit and return visits in the following week among those less sick. This situation could improve with better inter-level communication promoting the follow-up in Primary Care after the first hospital emergency consultation.

How to cite this article

Pérez González E, Aizpurua Galdeano P. ¿Influye la masificación en urgencias en la calidad de la asistencia en el paciente pediátrico? Evid Pediatr. 2020;16:5.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Doan Q, Wong H, Meckler G, Johnson D, Stang A, Dixon A, et al. The impact of pediatric emergency department crowding on patient and health care system outcomes: a multicentre cohort study. CMAJ. 2019;191:E627-35. 

Reviewers: Pérez González E1, Aizpurua Galdeano P2.
1Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. España.
2CS Ondarreta. San Sebastián. Guipúzcoa. España.
Correspondence: Elena Pérez González. Email: pg.elena@gmail.com
Reception date: 12/12/2019
Acceptance date: 20/12/2019
Publication date: 15/01/2020

How to cite this article

Pérez González E, Aizpurua Galdeano P. ¿Influye la masificación en urgencias en la calidad de la asistencia en el paciente pediátrico? Evid Pediatr. 2020;16:5.

15/01/2020

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