Impact of point-of-care testing on patients' length of stay in a large emergency department

We prospectively investigated whether routine use of a point-of-care testing (POCT) device by nonlaboratory operators in the emergency department (ED) for all patients requiring the available tests could shorten patient length of stay (LOS) in the ED. ED patient LOS, defined as the length of time be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical chemistry (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 1996-05, Vol.42 (5), p.711-717
Hauptverfasser:	Parvin, CA, Lo, SF, Deuser, SM, Weaver, LG, Lewis, LM, Scott, MG
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood Chemical Analysis - instrumentation Blood Chemical Analysis - methods Blood Chemical Analysis - statistics & numerical data Blood Glucose - analysis Blood Urea Nitrogen Chlorides - blood Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics Emergency Service, Hospital Hematocrit Humans Intensive care medicine Intensive care unit. Emergency transport systems. Emergency, hospital ward Length of Stay Medical sciences Point-of-Care Systems Potassium - blood Prospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Sodium - blood
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