2021
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.5.51118
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Cancer-related Emergency Department Visits: Comparing Characteristics and Outcomes

Abstract: Introduction: There is increasing appreciation of the challenges of providing safe and appropriate care to cancer patients in the emergency department (ED). Our goal here was to assess which patient characteristics are associated with more frequent ED revisits. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of all ED visits in California during the 2016 calendar year using data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. We defined revisits as a return visit to an ED within seven … Show more

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“…On the other hand, our study finding was in contrast with study conducted in California, Ohio, Jordan and India which elucidated the most common ED diagnoses among cancer patient were pain (10.4%), sepsis (5.7%) and nausea/vomiting (2.3%), the most common patients visited the ED due to pain 62.1%, pain is the most common reason for cancer-related ED visits and the main reason for ED visits was mental confusion (24%), respectively. 1 , 5 , 24 , 25 The reasons for this inconsistency might be that some of the studies even included suspected cancer cases and included cancer patients even the patients visited ED due to other causes like trauma whereas our study did not it. Besides, the ED presentation of oncologic patients may be differed significantly by cancer type.…”
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“…On the other hand, our study finding was in contrast with study conducted in California, Ohio, Jordan and India which elucidated the most common ED diagnoses among cancer patient were pain (10.4%), sepsis (5.7%) and nausea/vomiting (2.3%), the most common patients visited the ED due to pain 62.1%, pain is the most common reason for cancer-related ED visits and the main reason for ED visits was mental confusion (24%), respectively. 1 , 5 , 24 , 25 The reasons for this inconsistency might be that some of the studies even included suspected cancer cases and included cancer patients even the patients visited ED due to other causes like trauma whereas our study did not it. Besides, the ED presentation of oncologic patients may be differed significantly by cancer type.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…The increasing burden of ED visits of oncologic patients might be considered as poor quality of cancer. 1 , 11 , 18 , 23 Therefore, this study aimed to identify the reasons for oncologic patients ED visits, their treatment outcomes and associated factors.…”
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“…Awareness of cancer‐patient characteristics associated with more frequent ED visits may help identify interventions to improve patient outcomes (Nene et al, 2021). Knowing why cancer patients seek emergency care is very important because it provides elements that can support care planning and the multidisciplinary team's performance, optimising the patient flow within the ED.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%