Background In several western countries patients' use of Emergency Departments (EDs) is
increasing. A substantial number of patients is self-referred, but does not need emergency …

Introduction In early sepsis stages, optimal treatment could contribute to prevention of
progression to severe sepsis. Therefore, we investigated if there was an association …

Background Sepsis recognition in older emergency department (ED) patients is difficult due
to atypical symptom presentation. We therefore investigated whether the prognostic and …

Background To influence self-referral, it is crucial to know a patient's motives to directly visit
the emergency department (ED). The goal of this study is to examine motives for self-referral …

Objective Early prediction of admission has the potential to reduce length of stay in the ED.
The aim of this study is to create a computerised tool to predict admission probability …

Background Recognising patients who need immediate hospital treatment for sepsis while
simultaneously limiting unnecessary referrals is challenging for GPs. Aim To develop and …

Rationale, aims, and objectives There have been multiple studies investigating reasons for
patients to self‐refer to the Emergency Department (ED). The majority made use of …

Objective Self-referred visits account for an average of 30% of all Emergency Department
(ED) visits in the Netherlands. Some of these are considered inappropriate, because …

Study objective Sepsis quality improvement programmes typically focus on severe sepsis
(ie, with acute organ failure). However, quality of ED care might be improved if these …

Objective Due to atypical symptom presentation older patients are more prone to delayed
sepsis recognition. We investigated whether initial disease severity before emergency …