Oncologic emergencies in a cancer center emergency department and in general emergency departments countywide and nationwide.

Although cancer patients (CPs) are increasingly likely to visit emergency department (ED), no population-based study has compared the characteristics of CPs and non-cancer patients (NCPs) who visit the ED and examined factors associated with hospitalization via the ED. In this study, we (1) compared...

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Main Authors: Zhi Yang, Runxiang Yang, Min Ji Kwak, Aiham Qdaisat, Junzhong Lin, Charles E Begley, Cielito C Reyes-Gibby, Sai-Ching Jim Yeung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5819770?pdf=render