From: Appropriateness of transferring nursing home residents to emergency departments: a systematic review
Common reasons for ED transfers | Articles | |
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Trauma | 2–59% | [2,3,4,5,6, 16, 19, 27, 28, 35, 37, 39, 40, 45, 49, 68, 70, 71] |
Altered mental state | 1–41% | |
Infection/inflammation | 3–49% | |
Respiratory | 9–30% | |
Genitourinary | 5–23% | |
Gastrointestinal | 6–22% | |
Catheter problems | 4–15% | |
Cardiovascular | 3–21% | |
Fever | 5–13% | |
Central Nervous System symptoms | 3–9% |