"Crowding" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An excessive number of individuals, human or animal, in relation to available space.
| Descriptor ID |
D003441
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.875.281
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Crowding" by people in Profiles.
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Soremekun OA, Shofer FS, Grasso D, Mills AM, Moore J, Datner EM. The effect of an emergency department dedicated midtrack area on patient flow. Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Apr; 21(4):434-9.
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Lucas J, Batt RJ, Soremekun OA. Setting wait times to achieve targeted left-without-being-seen rates. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Apr; 32(4):342-5.
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Healy-Rodriguez MA, Freer C, Pontiggia L, Wilson R, Metraux S, Lord L. Impact of a logistics management program on admitted patient boarders within an emergency department. J Emerg Nurs. 2014 Mar; 40(2):138-45.
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Capp R, Soremekun OA, Biddinger PD, White BA, Sweeney LM, Chang Y, Brown DF. Impact of physician-assisted triage on timing of antibiotic delivery in patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). J Emerg Med. 2012 Sep; 43(3):502-8.
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Handel D, Epstein S, Khare R, Abernethy D, Klauer K, Pilgrim R, Soremekun O, Sayan O. Interventions to improve the timeliness of emergency care. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1295-302.
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Soremekun OA, Terwiesch C, Pines JM. Emergency medicine: an operations management view. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Dec; 18(12):1262-8.
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Bekmezian A, Chung PJ, Cabana MD, Maselli JH, Hilton JF, Hersh AL. Factors associated with prolonged emergency department length of stay for admitted children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Feb; 27(2):110-5.
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Quattrini V, Swan BA. Evaluating care in ED fast tracks. J Emerg Nurs. 2011 Jan; 37(1):40-6.
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McCarthy ML, Aronsky D, Jones ID, Miner JR, Band RA, Baren JM, Desmond JS, Baumlin KM, Ding R, Shesser R. The emergency department occupancy rate: a simple measure of emergency department crowding? Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Jan; 51(1):15-24, 24.e1-2.