Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Jan 2010
The impact of crowding on time until abdominal CT interpretation in emergency department patients with acute abdominal pain.
We assessed the relationship between emergency department (ED) crowding and delays in care in patients presenting with abdominal pain who receive abdominal computed tomography (CT). ⋯ ED crowding is associated with an approximately 2-hour delay to CT interpretation availability. Attempts to reduce delays in abdominal CTs may include earlier provider evaluation and placement in the queue for scanning.