2018
Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis
Parwani V, Tinloy B, Ulrich A, D'Onofrio G, Goldenberg M, Rothenberg C, Patel A, Venkatesh A. Opening of Psychiatric Observation Unit Eases Boarding Crisis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 456-460. PMID: 29266537, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsED LOSLength of stayMedian ED LOSTotal LOSPsychiatric admission ratesCrisis intervention unitSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeObservation unitAdmission ratesPrimary analysisTertiary care academic medical centerPsychiatric chief complaintsBehavioral health staffInpatient psychiatric bedsAcute psychiatric careAcademic medical centerHours of careEmergency department boardingAdult EDAdult patientsPreintervention periodChief complaintPediatric hospitalInpatient admissions
2006
Length of Stay by Route of Contrast Administration for Diagnosis of Appendicitis by Computed-tomography Scan
Berg E, Mehta S, Mitchell P, Soto J, Oyama L, Ulrich A. Length of Stay by Route of Contrast Administration for Diagnosis of Appendicitis by Computed-tomography Scan. Academic Emergency Medicine 2006, 13: 1040-1045. DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2006.tb00275.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of Stay by Route of Contrast Administration for Diagnosis of Appendicitis by Computed‐tomography Scan
Berg ER, Mehta SD, Mitchell P, Soto J, Oyama L, Ulrich A. Length of Stay by Route of Contrast Administration for Diagnosis of Appendicitis by Computed‐tomography Scan. Academic Emergency Medicine 2006, 13: 1040-1045. PMID: 16973641, DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal computed tomographyLength of stayOral contrastRectal contrastComputed tomographyContrast administrationED lengthPatient satisfactionPhase 2 patientsUrban academic EDEmergency department lengthDiagnosis of appendicitisConfidence intervalsWilcoxon rank sum testPhase 1 subjectsRank sum testAdult patientsPrimary outcomeAcademic EDComputed-tomography scansPatient throughput timeAppendicitisPatientsCT orderStay