Review article: Outcomes of patients who are not transported following ambulance attendance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
emergency ambulance systems
patient non-transport
prehospital care
Journal
Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
ISSN: 1742-6723
Titre abrégé: Emerg Med Australas
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 101199824
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
received:
31
10
2018
accepted:
24
02
2019
pubmed:
4
4
2019
medline:
27
5
2020
entrez:
4
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the outcomes of patients who are not transported to hospital following ambulance attendance. A database search was conducted using PubMed, Medline, Embase, CINAHL and Cochrane Library. Studies were included if they analysed the outcomes of patients who were not transported following ambulance attendance. The primary outcome of this review was subsequent presentation to an ED following a non-transport decision. Secondary outcome measures included hospital admission, subsequent presentation to alternative service provider (e.g. private physician), and death at follow up. The search yielded 1953 non-duplicate articles, of which 10 met the inclusion criteria. Three studies specified that the non-transport decision was emergency medical services (EMS)-initiated, seven studies did not specify. Meta-analysis found substantial heterogeneity between estimates (I
Identifiants
pubmed: 30943579
doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13288
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
321-331Informations de copyright
© 2019 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.