Critical revisits after discharge from the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Emergency department (ED) revisits within 72 h is a standard quality measure for emergency care but most revisits are managed and discharged. However, a sub-group of revisits are due to clinical deterioration resulting in admissions to higher acuity care or even mortality. We aimed to identify these critical revisits and their associated risk factors. Identification of these factors would allow development of strategies to reduce incidence of post discharge deterioration.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted on all patients who had a revisit within 72 h of discharge from the ED of a tertiary hospital in Singapore from 2008 to 2020. Deidentified data were extracted from the electronic health records (EHR). We identified critical revisits, defined as a revis

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874766 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature