Time-to-treatment for critically ill-polytrauma patients in Emergency Department

dc.contributor.author	Μαρκοπούλου, Αικατερίνη	el
dc.contributor.author	Αργυρίου, Γεώργιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Χαραλαμπίδης, Ευστάθιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Κουφοπούλου, Αικατερίνη	el
dc.contributor.author	Νέστωρ, Αθανασία	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-18T01:06:42Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-18T01:06:42Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1382
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Emergency department
dc.subject	Επείγοντα περιστατικά
dc.subject	Πολυτραυματίες
dc.subject	Polytrauma patient
dc.subject	Time-to-treatment
dc.subject	Emergency department length of stay (ED LOS)
dc.subject	Injury severity score (ISS)
dc.title	Time-to-treatment for critically ill-polytrauma patients in Emergency Department	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-03
heal.bibliographicCitation	Makropoulou, A., Argyriou, G., Charalampidis, Efstathios, Koufopoulou, A., Nestor, A., Nanas, S., Marvaki, C.. (2013). Time-to-treatment for critically ill-polytrauma patients in Emergency Department. "Health Science Journal". 7 (1), 81-89.	en
heal.abstract	Introduction: Initial management and diagnosis of polytrauma patients is provided in the Emergency Department (ED). The time needed for a trauma patient’s evaluation in the ED is called time-to-treatment and is equal with the patient’s ED length of stay (ED LOS). Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate polytrauma patients’ time-to-treatment in the ED. Material and Method: The studied population consisted of 53 polytrauma patients aged over 14 years old with Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15 who were transported to the ED of a general hospital in Athens having complete the whole diagnostic procedure in the ED from 26/6/2010 until 6/2/2011. Demographic characteristics, vital signs, types of injuries and their severity (according to ISS and Revised Trauma Score - RTS), diagnostic tests and time intervals for each patient were recorded. Data analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS ver. 17. Results: The mean age of study participants was 43±20 years; with ISS 23±8. Time interval for their transportation was 59±41 min, while time interval for their diagnosis in ED and their transportation to the appropriate department for further treatment was 372±232 min. Their ED LOS seemed to be affected in 61.9% by the number of medical specialists needed for each patient and the time needed for specialty consulting as well as the time needed for their diagnostic tests. Conclusions: It was concluded that polytrauma patients’ ED LOS, Saturation Pulse Oxygen (SpO2), Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), ISS and RTS reflected on their chance of survival.	en
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	el
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-01