Analysis of Diagnoses, Symptoms, Medications, and Admissions Among Patients With Cancer Presenting to Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Better understanding of the emergency care needs of patients with cancer will inform outpatient and emergency department (ED) management.

Objective

To provide a benchmark description of patients who present to the ED with active cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter prospective cohort study included 18 EDs affiliated with the Comprehensive Oncologic Emergencies Research Network (CONCERN). Of 1564 eligible patients, 1075 adults with active cancer were included from February 1, 2016, through January 30, 2017. Data were analyzed from February 1 through August 1, 2018.

Main outcomes and measures

The proportion of patients reporting symptoms (eg, pain, nausea) before and during the ED visit, ED and outpatient medications, most common

SUBMITTER: Caterino JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature