Patients who spend one night in the emergency room before being admitted to the hospital are more likely to die.
Researchers in France looked at data from patients over the age of 74 from 97 emergency departments around the country between December 12 and 14 in 2022.
They compared two groups: patients who were admitted straight to a hospital room before midnight and those who spent at least midnight to 8am in the ER.
The researchers found patients who stayed overnight in the ER were around 40 percent more at risk of an in-hospital death than patients who were able to be immediately placed in a room.
So, what’s new?? Happens all the time.. I went to PRMC ER with reaction to Rx med and the ER doctor administered the same med by I.V. My doctor arrived and Stopped the slaughter. Spent 8 days inpatient and 2 years recovering to normal (almost).