Predictors for Delayed Emergency Department Care in Medical Patients with Acute Infections – An International Prospective Observational Study

Alexander Kutz; Jonas Florin; Pierre Hausfater; Devendra Amin; Adina Amin; Sebastian Haubitz; Antoinette Conca; Barbara Reutlinger; Pauline Canavaggio; Gabrielle Sauvin; Maguy Bernard; Andreas Huber; Beat Mueller; Philipp Schuetz; for the TRIAGE Study group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155363

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Predictors for Delayed Emergency Department Care in Medical Patients with Acute Infections – An International Prospective Observational Study

Alexander Kutz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Kutz, Jonas Florin

* E-mail: kutz.alexander@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Jonas Florin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexander Kutz, Jonas Florin

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Pierre Hausfater,

Affiliations Emergency department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France, Sorbonne Universités UPMC-Univ Paris06, UMRS INSERM 1166, IHUC ICAN, Paris, France
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Devendra Amin,

Affiliation Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, United States of America
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Adina Amin,

Affiliation Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, FL, United States of America
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Sebastian Haubitz,

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Antoinette Conca,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Barbara Reutlinger,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Pauline Canavaggio,

Affiliation Emergency department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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Gabrielle Sauvin,

Affiliation Emergency department, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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Maguy Bernard,

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière and Univ-Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Andreas Huber,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Beat Mueller,

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Philipp Schuetz,

Affiliation Division of General and Emergency Medicine, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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for the TRIAGE Study group

¶Membership of the Triage Study group is listed in the Acknowledgments.
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Predictors for Delayed Emergency Department Care in Medical Patients with Acute Infections – An International Prospective Observational Study

Alexander Kutz,
Jonas Florin,
Pierre Hausfater,
Devendra Amin,
Adina Amin,
Sebastian Haubitz,
Antoinette Conca,
Barbara Reutlinger,
Pauline Canavaggio,
Gabrielle Sauvin

Published: May 12, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155363

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