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Original Contribution

Knowledge of complications of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients visiting the Diabetes Centers in the Western Region of KSA
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Fahad Almatrafi, Khalid Alshehri, Daifallah Almalki, Thamer Aldajani, Abdullah Alwthainani, Khalid Almatrafi, Faris Almatrafi, Renad Alqurashi, Ghala Almatrafi ,Lama Alkhaldi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95240

Evaluation of outcome of distal humerus fracture fixation by two-locked plates
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[Abstract]
Abdul Fatah Abbas Mansoor Haidarah
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95241

Familial Mediterranean fever may actually be a persistent inflammatory process on vascular endothelium all over the body
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[Abstract]
Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Altintas, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu,
Abdulrazak Abyad,Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95242

Assessment of Epidemic and Pandemic Events Preparedness in Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Ahmad Mosa Faqeeh, Abdullah Ibrahim Sabai. Mohammed Ahmed Jahlan, Ahmed Nasser Khayrat, Hussein Ali Azyabi, Abdullah Ibrahim Asiri, Mohammed Ali Azybi, Madi Mustafa Habkor
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95244

Strategies For Enhancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care: Addressing Overcrowding and Patients' Length of Stay
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[Abstract]
Amal Abdullah Alharbi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95246

Population and Community Studies

Egg Allergy in Jeddah City - Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Moufag Mohammed Saeed Tayeb
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95247

Prevalence of childhood obesity, its associated risk factors and parental misperception of their child's actual weight among Saudi children in Yanbu city, Saudi Arabia 2021: A cross-sectional study
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[Abstract]
Worood Abdulaziz Alodainy
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95248

Ocular Complications in diabetic children in Aseer region
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Ali Mohammed Al-Amri, Ibarhim Marie Shahrani, Ahmad Saad Al Zomia, Ahmed Falh Alayash, Muath Hussain Alhudaithi, Alhassan Alhussein Almonawar, Abdulaziz Mohammed Asiri, Meshari Hassan Asiri, Saeed Ali Alqarni
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95249

COVID-19 in the Region

Anxiety and coping strategies among COVID-19 patients in Medina, Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili, Osama Madani Kiram, Duoaa Seddiq Abdoh, Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95250

Case Reports

Unusual presentation of tinea corporis skin lesion - A Case Report
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[Abstract]
Hanan K. Taha Alshammari, Neelufur Sulaiman Sait
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952502

Original Clinical Research

Contact Lens Use Patterns and Safety Determinants among Adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia
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[Abstract]
Ahmed Basheikh
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952503

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February 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 2

Strategies For Enhancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care: Addressing Overcrowding and Patients’ Length of Stay


Amal Abdullah Alharbi

Master student in UOH, Emergency Nursing

Corresponding author:
Amal Abdullah Alharbi
Master students in UOH, Emergency nursing
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Received: December 2021; Accepted: January 2022; Published: February 1, 2022. Citation: Amal Abdullah Alharbi, Maha Sanat Alreshidi. Strategies For Enhancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care: Addressing Overcrowding and Patients’ Length of Stay. World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(2): 48-54 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95246

Abstract


Background: High quality healthcare is an essential factor in maintaining and preserving the lives of people in Emergency departments. There are some factors that affect the level of care in the emergency departments, of which overcrowding and long Length of Stay (LOS) are prime causes Both these factors affect patients’ satisfaction, cause delay in receiving the necessary treatment and cause the mortality rate to surge.

Aim: The current research aims to reveal how to address problems such as long length of stay and overriding in emergency departments. This was achieved through studying the literature and picking the appropriate solutions in evidence- based practice.

Methods: a review of the past literature to identify the strategies that can be used to overcome crowding and LOS in pediatric emergency departments. Scopus, Web of Science, Medline, PubMed, Science Direct, and Wiley online library were used. These databases were searched by the following key words “Emergency Department”, “Emergency Room”, “Crowding”, “Overcrowding”, “Length of Stay” and “Emergency Services”. There were more than 100 articles that met the above-mentioned criteria. Papers that are theoretical or conceptual in nature, as well as comments, letters, and correspondence and observational study in which no intervention is used, were excluded.

Results: According to the ideal patient journey model, this model should be used, as mentioned in the literature section, in order to improve the level of health care in pediatric emergency departments. In our results, those strategies will be commented on in terms of their disadvantages and advantages according to our point of view.

Conclusion: Overcrowding in the emergency department is one of the current challenges, according to the studies mentioned, as in order to improve the care of children and patients, different strategies of high quality must be followed in order to reduce overcrowding and achieve effectiveness and efficiency.

Key words: Quality, enhancement, strategies, pediatric, emergency, care







 


 
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