Optimizing treatment of acute patients in a Danish Emergency Department
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Methods The study is based on observations and data was conducted November 2008. Fifteen patients were included whereas five were stratified as medical patients, five were orthopedic and five were general surgical patients. There were nine male and six female patients with an age range of twenty-seven to ninety-one years. A neutral observer followed the patients with a semi structured observational method from arrival at the Emergency Department to the point of discharge aiming to clarify the process.
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