Effect of metastatic site on emergency department disposition in men with metastatic prostate cancer
Jesse D. Sammon1,2,*, Bartosz F. Kaczmarek1,2,*, Praful Ravi1,
Maxine Sun3, Florian Roghmann3, Shyam Sukumar1,2,
Khurshid Ghani1,2, Pranav Sharma1,2, Pierre I. Karakiewicz3,
James O. Peabody1, Jack S. Elder1, Mani Menon1,
Quoc-Dien Trinh1,2,4
Canadian Journal of Urology, Vol.20, No.6, pp. 7008-7014, 2013
Abstract Introduction: Though the prevalence of metastatic prostate cancer is decreasing, the rate of admission from the emergency department (ED) is increasing. Little is known about the implications of metastatic site on a patient's ED course and admission.
Materials and methods: A weighted estimate of 15,367 patients with metastatic prostate cancer who presented to the ED between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2009 was abstracted from the United States Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS). Descriptive statistics were used to elaborate patient and hospital characteristics of the metastatic prostate cancer population and logistic regression models were fitted to… More >