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A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

This is a cross-sectional observational study over a period of 7 months from December 2009 to June 20 I 0 looking at the mean disposition time of major trauma patient in Emergency Department (ED) H USM Kelantan. The objectives of this study were to determine the mean disposition time of major tra...

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Main Author: Rosman, Roshidah
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Published: 2011
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RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
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spelling my.usm.eprints.57628 http://eprints.usm.my/57628/ A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia Rosman, Roshidah R Medicine (General) RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health This is a cross-sectional observational study over a period of 7 months from December 2009 to June 20 I 0 looking at the mean disposition time of major trauma patient in Emergency Department (ED) H USM Kelantan. The objectives of this study were to determine the mean disposition time of major trauma patient and to determine the factors affecting disposition time of major trauma patient in Emergency Department HUSM The study was conducted at Red Zone Emergency Department HUSM. Inclusion criteria was patient with Injury Severity Score> 15. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee on 3r<l June 2009. Patients' clinical parameters, injury characteristics, ED interventions and radiological investigations were documented in data entry form. The time interface for every patient from the time of arrival to the disposition time. Seventy patients were recruited in this stud y. Mean ED resident response time was 2.7 minutes (sd=2.2). While mean specialty unit response time is 45.7 minutes (sd= 35.7). Mean disposition time of major trauma patient is 272.7 minutes (sd= 200.1) Multiple comparisons of disposition unit using o ne-way ANOV A showed a statistical difference between the groups. ICU disposition time (mean 369. 18 minutes, sd=287.58) was significantly different from the OT disposition time (mean 209.25 minutes, sd=86.89) and the mortuary disposition time (mean 154.6 minutes, sd=94.2 I ). Patient's systolic blood pressure (SBP) and oxymetry were noted to correlate with the disposition time with r=0.237 and r=0.244 respectively, p<0.05. This study showed that major trauma patient were managed for 209 minutes in ED prior to operative care and 369 minutes before sending to ICU. 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/57628/1/DR%20ROSHIDAH%20ROSMAN%20-%20e.pdf Rosman, Roshidah (2011) A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
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RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
Rosman, Roshidah
A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
description This is a cross-sectional observational study over a period of 7 months from December 2009 to June 20 I 0 looking at the mean disposition time of major trauma patient in Emergency Department (ED) H USM Kelantan. The objectives of this study were to determine the mean disposition time of major trauma patient and to determine the factors affecting disposition time of major trauma patient in Emergency Department HUSM The study was conducted at Red Zone Emergency Department HUSM. Inclusion criteria was patient with Injury Severity Score> 15. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee on 3r<l June 2009. Patients' clinical parameters, injury characteristics, ED interventions and radiological investigations were documented in data entry form. The time interface for every patient from the time of arrival to the disposition time. Seventy patients were recruited in this stud y. Mean ED resident response time was 2.7 minutes (sd=2.2). While mean specialty unit response time is 45.7 minutes (sd= 35.7). Mean disposition time of major trauma patient is 272.7 minutes (sd= 200.1) Multiple comparisons of disposition unit using o ne-way ANOV A showed a statistical difference between the groups. ICU disposition time (mean 369. 18 minutes, sd=287.58) was significantly different from the OT disposition time (mean 209.25 minutes, sd=86.89) and the mortuary disposition time (mean 154.6 minutes, sd=94.2 I ). Patient's systolic blood pressure (SBP) and oxymetry were noted to correlate with the disposition time with r=0.237 and r=0.244 respectively, p<0.05. This study showed that major trauma patient were managed for 209 minutes in ED prior to operative care and 369 minutes before sending to ICU.
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title A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_short A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A disposition time of major trauma patient at emergency department Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
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