Melanie Roussel, Dorian Teissandier, Youri Yordanov, Frederic Balen, Marc Noizet, Karim Tazarourte, Ben Bloom, Pierre Catoire, Laurence Berard, Marine Cachanado, Tabassome Simon, Said Laribi, Yonathan Freund
IMPORTANCE: Patients in the emergency department (ED) who are waiting for hospital admission on a wheeled cot may be subject to harm. However, mortality and morbidity among older patients who spend the night in the ED while waiting for a bed in a medical ward are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether older adults who spend a night in the ED waiting for admission to a hospital ward are at increased risk of in-hospital mortality. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a prospective cohort study of older patients (≥75 years) who visited the ED and were admitted to the hospital on December 12 to 14, 2022, at 97 EDs across France...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Internal Medicine