The Emergent General Surgical Patient: Evaluation Patterns in the Emergency Department

CONCLUSIONS: Time in the ED and time to surgical consult did not vary between groups although patients first seen by emergency physicians had potentially higher acuity. Decreased hospital length of stay in patients seen by PA/APRNs may reflect disease-specific differences.PMID:35646259 | PMC:PMC9110050 | DOI:10.17161/kjm.vol15.16006

Source: Pain Physician - June 1, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Bethany Harpole Stephen D Helmer Karson R Quinn Howard Chang Nicholas M Brown Source Type: research