Predictors of 72-h unscheduled return visits with admission in patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unscheduled return visits (URVs) to the emergency department (ED) constitute a crucial indicator of patient care quality.

Objective

We aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients who visited the ED with abdominal pain and to identify the risk of URVs with admission (URVAs) from URVs without admission (URVNAs).

Methods

This retrospective study included adult patients who visited the ED of Taipei Medical University Hospital because of abdominal pain and revisited in 72 h over a 5-year period (January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2018). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was employed to identify risk factors for URVAs and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to determine the efficacy of variables predicting URV

SUBMITTER: Lin LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433659 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature