Cost Savings and Efficacy in Management of Paracetamol Poisoning in a 23-hours Emergency Department Observation Unit: A Comparison to Inpatient Care

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. e6294
• Main Authors: Kuan, Kelvin K, Lim, Hoon Chin, Goh, Geraldine, Arciaga, Gabriel S, Goh, Pak Liang, Mong, Rupeng, Chow, Wai Leng, Tan, Hock Heng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 05.12.2019; Cureus
• Subjects: Analgesics; Cost control; Emergency Medicine; Epidemiology/Public Health; Financial analysis; Generalized linear models; Hospitals; Internal Medicine; Patients; Performance evaluation; Poisoning; United States > US; Singapore; acetaminophen; n-acetylcysteine; poisoning; hepatotoxicity; length of stay; observation ward; paracetamol; cost-savings

Introduction Emergency department observation units (EDOU) have been shown to be effective in decreasing hospitalization rates and length of stay (LOS) for various conditions. However, cost savings and efficacy in the management of poisoning in EDOU have not been widely studied. The objective of our...