2021
Evaluation and disposition of older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain
Friedman AB, Chen AT, Wu R, Coe NB, Halpern SD, Hwang U, Kelz RR, Cappola AR. Evaluation and disposition of older adults presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 70: 501-511. PMID: 34628638, PMCID: PMC10078825, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAbdominal painUS emergency departmentsEmergency departmentED visitsOlder adultsOlder patientsChief complaintAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyRepresentative emergency departmentsCommon chief complaintSurvey-weighted analysisDischarge homeIncident disabilityED encountersCare SurveyPatient outcomesCritical careSerious conditionSyndromic presentationHigh riskPainDiagnostic testingPatientsCT imaging
2012
Solutions To Emergency Department ‘Boarding’ And Crowding Are Underused And May Need To Be Legislated
Rabin E, Kocher K, McClelland M, Pines J, Hwang U, Rathlev N, Asplin B, Trueger NS, Weber E. Solutions To Emergency Department ‘Boarding’ And Crowding Are Underused And May Need To Be Legislated. Health Affairs 2012, 31: 1757-1766. PMID: 22869654, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPredictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments
Wiler JL, Handel DA, Ginde AA, Aronsky D, Genes NG, Hackman JL, Hilton JA, Hwang U, Kamali M, Pines JM, Powell E, Sattarian M, Fu R. Predictors of patient length of stay in 9 emergency departments. The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2012, 30: 1860-1864. PMID: 22633732, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansLength of StayPatient AdmissionPatient SatisfactionRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsOverall LOSAmbulance diversionPredictors of LOSAnnual ED censusEmergency department lengthLength of stayPercentage of increaseLog-transformed LOSDaily percentageCalendar year 2009Multicenter studyRetrospective studyAdverse outcomesEmergency departmentED censusPatient satisfactionPatient presentationPatient categoriesPatient LOSED crowdingPatient lengthPatientsDaily admissionsStaySignificant predictors
2011
Variations in Crowding and Ambulance Diversion in Nine Emergency Departments
Handel DA, Pines J, Aronsky D, Genes N, Ginde AA, Hackman J, Hilton JA, Hwang U, Kamali M, Powell E, Sattarian M, Fu R. Variations in Crowding and Ambulance Diversion in Nine Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 2011, 18: 941-946. PMID: 21906203, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01149.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentED bedsAmbulance diversionED visitsOverall mean LOSAnnual ED censusPrimary outcome variablePrimary study aimPrimary predictor variableDaily ED visitsPercentage of daysMean LOSAcute treatmentMulticenter studyED censusSurrogate markerED crowdingStudy aimMean differenceOutcome variablesDichotomous variablesTotal numberVisitsDaysDiversion