Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period

HOCAGİL, Abdullah Cüneyt; Hocagil, Hilal; KELEŞ, Ayfer; BİLDİK, Fikret; Demircan, AHMET; Kilicaslan, Isa; Karabulut, E. Hasan

Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period

Abdullah Cüneyt HOCAGİL, (Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Zonguldak, Türkiye)

Fikret BİLDİK, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

İsa KILIÇASLAN, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Hilal HOCAGİL, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Hasan KARABULUT, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Ayfer KELEŞ, (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Ahmet DEMİRCAN (Gazi Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye)

Balkan Medical Journal

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Yıl: 2016 Cilt: 33 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 72 - 79 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period

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Background:Thereadmissionintheearlyperiod(RAEP) is defined as the admission of a patient to emer-gency department (ED) for the second time within 72 hours after discharge from the ED. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the dis-ease, patient, doctor, and system related causes of RAEP.Study Design: Descriptive study.Methods: This study is a two-stage study that was con-ducted at Department of Emergency, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine. The causes of RAEP were defined as disease, patient, doctor, and system related causes. Results: A total of 46,800 adult patients admitted to ED during the study period and 779 (1.66%) patients re-quired RAEP. After the exclusion criteria, 429 of these patients were included the study. The most common rea-sons for RAEP were renal colic in 46 (10.7%) patients. It was detected that 60.4% of the causes of RAEP were re-lated to disease, 20.0% were related to the doctor, 12.1% were related to the patient, and 7.5% were related to the hospital management system.Conclusion: This study revealed that there are patient-, doctor-,andsystem-relatedpreventablereasonsforRAEP and the patients requiring RAEP constitute the high risk group.

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APA	HOCAGİL A, BİLDİK F, Kilicaslan I, Hocagil H, Karabulut E, KELEŞ A, Demircan A (2016). Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. , 72 - 79.
Chicago	HOCAGİL Abdullah Cüneyt,BİLDİK Fikret,Kilicaslan Isa,Hocagil Hilal,Karabulut E. Hasan,KELEŞ Ayfer,Demircan AHMET Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. (2016): 72 - 79.
MLA	HOCAGİL Abdullah Cüneyt,BİLDİK Fikret,Kilicaslan Isa,Hocagil Hilal,Karabulut E. Hasan,KELEŞ Ayfer,Demircan AHMET Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. , 2016, ss.72 - 79.
AMA	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. . 2016; 72 - 79.
Vancouver	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. . 2016; 72 - 79.
IEEE	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A "Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period." , ss.72 - 79, 2016.
ISNAD	HOCAGİL, Abdullah Cüneyt vd. "Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period". (2016), 72-79.

APA	HOCAGİL A, BİLDİK F, Kilicaslan I, Hocagil H, Karabulut E, KELEŞ A, Demircan A (2016). Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. Balkan Medical Journal, 33(1), 72 - 79.
Chicago	HOCAGİL Abdullah Cüneyt,BİLDİK Fikret,Kilicaslan Isa,Hocagil Hilal,Karabulut E. Hasan,KELEŞ Ayfer,Demircan AHMET Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. Balkan Medical Journal 33, no.1 (2016): 72 - 79.
MLA	HOCAGİL Abdullah Cüneyt,BİLDİK Fikret,Kilicaslan Isa,Hocagil Hilal,Karabulut E. Hasan,KELEŞ Ayfer,Demircan AHMET Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. Balkan Medical Journal, vol.33, no.1, 2016, ss.72 - 79.
AMA	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. Balkan Medical Journal. 2016; 33(1): 72 - 79.
Vancouver	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period. Balkan Medical Journal. 2016; 33(1): 72 - 79.
IEEE	HOCAGİL A,BİLDİK F,Kilicaslan I,Hocagil H,Karabulut E,KELEŞ A,Demircan A "Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period." Balkan Medical Journal, 33, ss.72 - 79, 2016.
ISNAD	HOCAGİL, Abdullah Cüneyt vd. "Evaluating Unscheduled Readmission to Emergency Department in the Early Period". Balkan Medical Journal 33/1 (2016), 72-79.