ReviewGlobal pediatric health2021
Multi-dimensional Measurements of Crowding for Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of pediatric urgent care clinics on emergency department utilization and patient flow: a pre-post cohort study in Saudi Arabia.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Observational
- A local operational definition of pediatric emergency department overcrowding: an 8-year retrospective observational cohort study from the OACS+ project.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Patient and Family Experience in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Association With Real-Time Crowding Monitoring and Operational Factors.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- The National Emergency Department Overcrowding Scale and Perceived Staff Workload: Evidence for Construct Validity in a Pediatric Setting.Pediatric emergency care · 2025Article
- Mini-Review: From measurement to prediction-a conceptual paradigm shift in assessing overcrowding in pediatric emergency departments since 2021.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- A Systematic Review of the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of Emergency Department Overcrowding in Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Review
- Characteristics and Admission Preferences of Pediatric Emergency Patients and Their Waiting Time Prediction Using Electronic Medical Record Data: Retrospective Comparative Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Emergency department crowding: an overview of reviews describing measures causes, and harms.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Modern Paediatric Emergency Department: Potential Improvements in Light of New Evidence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Use and Misuse of Emergency Room for Children: Features of Walk-In Consultations and Parental Motivations in a Hospital in Southern Italy.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The absence of accepted crowding measurement tools that encompass the unique characteristics of pediatric emergency departments (EDs) creates a deficit in advancing efforts to identify and evaluate solutions for this growing problem. In this systematic review, we examined 4 studies that reported on the development and testing of multidimensional pediatric ED crowding measurements. Two investigations involved models (PEDOCS, SOTU-PED) that measured factors indicative or contributory to crowding. A third investigation developed a model mapping the flow of patients through the pediatric ED. The final study modeled the magnitude of physician's work load, particularly when this load is high when crowding is likely present, based on patient arrivals, presenting complaints and conditions, and tests ordered. These works from 4 studies on measuring crowding in pediatric EDs show promise, but this field is at an early stage. Future work should concentrate on comparing the utility of crowding measurements across multiple pediatric ED settings.
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