Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department

Meri Kankaanpää; Maria Raitakari; Leila Muukkonen; Siv Gustafsson; Merja Heitto; Ari Palomäki; Kimmo Suojanen; Veli-Pekka Harjola

doi:10.1186/s13049-016-0319-z

Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department

Meri Kankaanpää, Maria Raitakari, Leila Muukkonen, Siv Gustafsson, Merja Heitto, Ari Palomäki, Kimmo Suojanen, Veli-Pekka Harjola

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Original language	English
Article number	125
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Volume	24
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1757-7241
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0319-z
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

Point-of-care testing
POCT
Early assessment team
EAT
Emergency department
ED
Length of stay
LOS
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
IMPACT
TIME
3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine

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Kankaanpää, M., Raitakari, M., Muukkonen, L., Gustafsson, S., Heitto, M., Palomäki, A., Suojanen, K., & Harjola, V.-P. (2016). Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 24, Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0319-z

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Use of point-of-care testing and early assessment model reduces length of stay for ambulatory patients in an emergency department. / Kankaanpää, Meri; Raitakari, Maria ; Muukkonen, Leila et al.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 24, 125, 18.10.2016.

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