© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group, British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine, & Faculty of Accident & Emergency Medicine
REVIEW
Clinical decision units in the emergency department: old concepts, new paradigms, and refined gate keeping
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Dr T B Hassan, Department of Emergency Medicine, The General Infirmary at Leeds, The Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK
taj.hassan{at}leedsth.nhs.uk
This review looks at the background of clinical decision units/observation units and their role in the management of patients in the emergency department.
Keywords: clinical decision units; clinical risk; observation units
Abbreviations: ED, emergency department; OU, observation unit; CDU, clinical decision unit
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