2022
DOI: 10.18621/eurj.956277
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The problems related to internal medicine consultations in the emergency department

Abstract: Objectives: Overcrowding in the Emergency Department (ED) is a serious and growing problem during recent years and one of the main causes of it is dysfunctional consultation system. We aimed to determine the problems related to patients who were admitted to the ED and requested consultations from internal medicine (IM) physicians and to contribute to the gap in the literature regarding this isssue. Methods: In a period of one year, 3601 patients, who were admitted to the ED of a university hospital and were c… Show more

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“…[5][6][7]12 Contrastingly, from the perspective of consulting physicians, "consulting about a condition that could be managed as an outpatient" was one of the most inappropriate behaviors of EPs, which coincides with past research. 1,13 Each hospital should have consultation criteria for each department in the ER to determine which patients should be consulted or could be managed as outpatients. This solution will make the emergency and consulting physicians understand each other in the same way.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[5][6][7]12 Contrastingly, from the perspective of consulting physicians, "consulting about a condition that could be managed as an outpatient" was one of the most inappropriate behaviors of EPs, which coincides with past research. 1,13 Each hospital should have consultation criteria for each department in the ER to determine which patients should be consulted or could be managed as outpatients. This solution will make the emergency and consulting physicians understand each other in the same way.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%