Background Accurate initial patient triage in the emergency department (ED) is pivotal in
reducing time to effective treatment by the medical team and in expediting patient flow. The …

Introduction Early risk stratification in the emergency department (ED) is vital to reduce time
to effective treatment in high-risk patients and to improve patient flow. Yet, there is a lack of …

Background Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable
delays in initial treatment, and long, costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage …

Concerns about inadequate performance and complexity limit routine use of clinical risk scores
in lower respiratory tract infections. Our aim was to study feasibility and effects of adding …

Importance Whether interprofessional collaboration is effective and safe in decreasing
hospital length of stay remains controversial. Objective To evaluate the outcomes and safety …

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common drivers of antibiotic use. The minimal
effective duration of antibiotic therapy for UTIs is unknown, but any reduction is important to …

Aims To identify indicators of nursing care performance by identifying structures, processes,
and outcomes that are relevant, feasible and have the potential for benchmarking in Swiss …

The complexity of caring for the ageing heart failure (HF) population is further complicated
by concomitant chronic conditions (ie, polypharmacy, depression), age related impairments (ie…

Introduction The inflammatory biomarker pro-adrenomedullin (ProADM) provides additional
prognostic information for the risk stratification of general medical emergency department (…

Background There is growing evidence that patients with functional decline are at increased
risk of readmission, mortality and institutionalization. Instruments to measure the status of …