Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen
Conclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. Younger patients are more prone to LWBS, with trauma and gastroenterological complaints being the most common presenting symptoms. The LWB...
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| author | Fahad Abuguyan Abdulaziz Alhusainy Omar Alsuliman Sarah Alqahtani Abdulrahman Alrajhi |
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| description | Conclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. Younger patients are more prone to LWBS, with trauma and gastroenterological complaints being the most common presenting symptoms. The LWBS rate was 3.81% of the total ED visits during the study period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2fc297c07bf143a4b74ce2792854d4bf2025-01-19T05:00:01ZengWileyEmergency Medicine International2090-28592025-01-01202510.1155/emmi/7199212Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being SeenFahad Abuguyan0Abdulaziz Alhusainy1Omar Alsuliman2Sarah Alqahtani3Abdulrahman Alrajhi4Department of Emergency MedicineDepartment of Emergency MedicineDepartment of Emergency MedicineDepartment of Emergency MedicineEmergency Medicine DepartmentConclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. Younger patients are more prone to LWBS, with trauma and gastroenterological complaints being the most common presenting symptoms. The LWBS rate was 3.81% of the total ED visits during the study period.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/emmi/7199212 |
| spellingShingle | Fahad Abuguyan Abdulaziz Alhusainy Omar Alsuliman Sarah Alqahtani Abdulrahman Alrajhi Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen Emergency Medicine International |
| title | Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen |
| title_full | Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen |
| title_fullStr | Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen |
| title_short | Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/emmi/7199212 |
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