Audit of unexpected return visits to an accident and emergency department
| Autor: | P S Wilkins, M W Beckett |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Resuscitation
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Accident and emergency Junior staff General Medicine Audit Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Patient Readmission Hospitals University England Emergency medicine Outcome Assessment Health Care Utilization Review Emergency Medicine Medicine Medical emergency Prospective Studies Hospital ward business Emergency Service Hospital Research Article |
| Popis: | Unscheduled re-attendances of patients to the A&E Department were examined over 50 days. A re-attendance rate of 1.9 per 100 new patients was found. Of 102 return visits, only 35 resulted in no change in the diagnosis or treatment. Common faults in the initial consultation were failure to explain the condition and prognosis adequately and failure to provide adequate analgesia. Review of patients reattending unexpectedly by a more senior member of staff is a means of identifying faults in management and advising and educating junior staff. |
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