The impact of emergency department crowding measures on time to antibiotics for patients with community-acquired pneumonia
JM Pines, AR Localio, JE Hollander, WG Baxt… - Annals of emergency …, 2007 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: We seek to determine the impact of emergency department (ED)
crowding on delays in antibiotic administration for patients with community-acquired
pneumonia. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of adult patients
admitted with community-acquired pneumonia from January 1, 2003, to April 31, 2005, at a
single, urban academic ED. The main outcome was a delay (> 4 hours from arrival) or
nonreceipt of antibiotics in the ED. Eight ED crowding measures were assigned at triage …
crowding on delays in antibiotic administration for patients with community-acquired
pneumonia. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of adult patients
admitted with community-acquired pneumonia from January 1, 2003, to April 31, 2005, at a
single, urban academic ED. The main outcome was a delay (> 4 hours from arrival) or
nonreceipt of antibiotics in the ED. Eight ED crowding measures were assigned at triage …