masterThesis
Descripción de la prevalencia del boarding en la fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá
Fecha
2016Autor
Valverde Galvan, Emiro
López Rivera, Sindy Janneth
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Boarding is the phenomenon that occurs when there are in the emergency department inpatient without a bed which can be move them, in world literature it has been identified as a factor affecting the quality and safety of care in emergency. This paper aims to describe the prevalence of this phenomenon in the emergency department in the Fundación Santa fe de Bogotá. Methodology: Observational trial of prevalence. We included patients attended by specialists in Emergency Medicine in the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota in October of 2015 were taken data by shift (morning, afternoon and evening), and data of the emergency department for its descriptionResults: Median occupancy by boarding in the emergency room was 68%, with an interquartile range 54-75%; in minutes the median was 1, 054 minutes, with an interquartile range 621-1490. There are numerical differences of time in minutes according of the shift (morning: 519 992. 77 afternoon: DE 1000. 27 1584. 13 night: 2126. 43 1304. 13 DE). Discussion: Boarding time reported in the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota is comparatively higher than described in world literature, this data should be explored in analytical studies as well as subsequent factors or variables that are associated with the presence of this phenomenon.