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Table 3 Outcomes of patients who fulfil EDOU criteria for acetaminophen poisoning (n = 219)

From: Performance of an emergency department observation unit protocol in reducing length of stay for acetaminophen overdose: a retrospective study

Outcomes

Admitted EDOU (n = 153)

Admitted ward (n = 66)

p

Median, length of stay in hospital, h (IQR)

23 (19–24)

66 (62.5–88.3)

0.00

Transferred from observation ward to the general ward, n (%)

19 (12.4)

  

Transferred to another hospital

 Psychiatric hospital, n (%)

8 (5.2)

7 (10.1)

0.39

 Liver transplant unit, n (%)

1 (0.7)

0