Time to hospital admission for XXXX : an observational study.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity2142 @entity548
OBJECTIVES: To determine the time from symptom onset to hospital admission of @entity1 with suspected @entity64 , final diagnoses and @entity1 eligibility for thrombolytic therapy. DESIGN: Hospital-based, prospective, observational study. SETTING: Royal Adelaide @entity64 Unit, South Australia. @entity1 : All @entity1 admitted to the unit with suspected @entity64 over 11 months (11 April to 10 October 2000 and 20 August 2001 to 19 January 2002). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Time from symptom onset to admission; final diagnosis. RESULTS: Of 284 @entity1 admitted, 39 (14%) had diagnoses other than @entity64 (including eight with transient @entity2142 ), 42 (15%) had @entity548 and 203 (71%) had @entity64 . Median time to admission after symptom onset was 6 hours (range, 30 min to 13 days), with 100 @entity1 admitted within 3 hours of symptom onset (35%), and 80 within 2 hours (28%). Thirty-seven @entity1 (13%) could have been considered for thrombolysis (diagnosis of non-severe but disabling @entity64 and admission time < 3 hours). Location at @entity64 onset was the only independent predictor of time to admission. CONCLUSIONS: Most @entity1 with @entity64 do not present urgently to the emergency department, rendering them less likely to be considered for thrombolytic therapy.
