Analyzing the Reasons and Hospital Admission Rates of 72‐Hour Emergency Department Revisits
Abdulaziz Alalshaikh, Bader Alyahya, Badr Aldawood, Abdulaziz S Almehlisi, Sara Almubrik, Sarah Alaidarous, Abdulrahman Alrajhi, Abdulaziz Alhussainy, Mohammed Alageel, Chak W Kam · 2025
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Abdulaziz Alalshaikh and co-authors study patients who return to an emergency department within three days of being sent home. Such quick returns are often used as a sign of care quality. Their chart review, published in 2025, covers adults treated at one large referral hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from April 2019 to January 2020.
A total of 573 patients came back within 72 hours, most of them classed as urgent but stable, and gut complaints were the most common reason. Almost all returns were blamed on the illness itself getting worse, not on errors by staff. On the second visit, 94 percent went home again. Patients with dementia, those who needed help with daily life, and urgent cases were more likely to be kept in, which the authors say should guide discharge planning.
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| CREATOR | Abdulaziz Alalshaikh, Bader Alyahya, Badr Aldawood, Abdulaziz S Almehlisi, Sara Almubrik, Sarah Alaidarous, Abdulrahman Alrajhi, Abdulaziz Alhussainy, Mohammed Alageel, Chak W Kam |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |