Should Standardized Time-based Patient Pathways (STP's) be initiated on symptoms or presumptive diagnoses?
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Should Standardized Time-based Patient Pathways (STP's) be initiated on symptoms or presumptive diagnoses?
Background STP’s seek to optimize the hospitalization process by letting the patient undergo a package of examinations tailored to the main symptom. This could be of paramount importance for the doctor to diagnose and initiate appropriate treatment and thereby reduce the time of hospitalization. The vital question is whether the chosen STP’s ought to be initiated due to the symptoms observed in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-s2-p45