European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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To identify the prevalence, predictors and outcomes of patients who leave without being seen (LWBS) in one hospital emergency department (ED). ⋯ Outcomes investigated in this study indicate that room for improvement exists not only for patients who LWBS but all patients presenting to the ED. The most powerful predictors of LWBS were lower urgency triage allocation and evening and night shift presentations. This suggests that service improvements could be targeted during 'out of business hours' for those with less emergent conditions.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Developing a decision support system for geriatric patients in prehospital care.
To develop a feasible and safe prehospital decision support system (DSS) for the emergency medical services (EMS), facilitating safe steering of geriatric patients to an optimal level of healthcare. ⋯ Using this prehospital DSS - developed for 11 medical conditions - the Swedish prehospital nurse can safely decide on the level of healthcare to which an elderly patient can be steered.