Main reasons and predictive factors of cancer-related emergency department visits in a Hungarian tertiary care center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying the reasons for the Emergency Department (ED) visit of patients with cancer would be essential for possibly decreasing the burden of ED use. The aim of our study was to analyze the distribution of the demographic and clinical parameters of patients with cancer based on the reasons for the ED visits and to identify possible predictive factors for their visits.

Methods

This retrospective study, carried out at a large, public tertiary hospital in Hungary, involved all patients 18 years or over, who had received a cancer diagnosis latest within five years of their visit to the ED in 2018. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected partly via automated data collection and partly through the manual chart review by a team of experts, including si

SUBMITTER: Koch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219147 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature