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A Pilot Study Examining Undesirable Events Among Emergency Department-Boarded Patients Awaiting Inpatient Beds
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 08/21/09
Liu SW et al. – A substantial frequency of undesirable events occurs while patients board in the ED. These events are more frequent in older patients or those with more comorbidities. Future studies need to compare the rates of undesirable events among patients boarding in the ED versus inpatient units.
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