A Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Hospital Admission for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections From an Observation Unit
Tachycardia in the ED may be an early sign of a more complicated SSTI that is more likely to require hospital admission. Adjusting an EDOU protocol to the local population may be helpful for improving EDOU patient selection.
Authors
- Travis Sharkey‐Toppen
- Zachary J. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-3334)
- Lauren T. Southerland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-8332)
- Steffen R. Simerlink
Institutions
- MetroHealth (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100140
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Ohio State University
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences