Objective To analyze the retention of emergency patients in a hospital,and to provide reference for al-leviating the retention of emergency patients.Methods The retention status and causes of patients in the emergency department of the hospital from January to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed.Results From January to December 2022,a total of 949 emergency patients stayed for more than 24 hours.The top 5 medical departments for e-mergency patients staying were neurology,gastroenterology,respiratory medicine,nephrology and cardiovascular medi-cine,and the top 5 surgical departments were neurosurgery,hepatobiliary surgery,cardiovascular surgery,urology and general surgery.The number of patients staying in the medical department was significantly higher than that in the surgi-cal department.The main reasons for the delay were insufficient intensive care beds,delayed multidisciplinary consulta-tion and special condition of emergency patients.Conclusion The hospital should establish a complete and multi-dis-ciplinary modern medical management system to solve the problem of retention of emergency patients.
Emergency TreatmentPatient RetentionMultidisciplinary ConsultationBed ManagementFirst Aid Route