A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of point-of-care testing in decreasing length of stay in a pediatric emergency department.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2007
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 457–462
- Identifiers
- PMID: 17666926
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Point-of-care testing can significantly decrease the length of stay in select pediatric patients in an ED setting. Point-of-care devices may prove to facilitate patient flow during busiest periods of service demand.
