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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Oct 8;53(2):344–351. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.10.006
Emergency Department Disposition Signs of Life Hospital Discharge Disposition Category
Eddisp = “Died”, “Died/Expired” Signsoflife=“Arrived with NO signs of life” Hospdisp = “Not Applicable” DOA
Eddisp = “Not Applicable”, “Not known”, “Not Recorded” Signsoflife=“Arrived with NO signs of life” Hospdisp = “Expired”, “Deceased/Expired” DOA
Eddisp = “Died”, “Died/Expired” Signsoflife=“Arrived with signs of life”, Missing Hospdisp = “Not Applicable” ED
Eddisp = “Not Applicable”, “Not known”, “Not Recorded” Signsoflife=“Arrived with signs of life” Hospdisp = “Expired”, “Deceased/Expired” ED
Eddisp = “Floor bed”, “Operating Room”, “Observation unit”, “Intensive Care Unit”, “Observation unit”, “Telemetry/step-down unit” Signsoflife= Missing Hospdisp = “Expired”, “Deceased/Expired” Inpatient
Eddisp = “Floor bed”, “Operating Room”, “Observation unit”, “Intensive Care Unit”, “Observation unit”, “Telemetry/step-down unit” Signsoflife=“Arrived with NO signs of life” Hospdisp = “Expired”, “Deceased/Expired” Inpatient
Eddisp = “Floor bed”, “Operating Room”, “Observation unit”, “Intensive Care Unit”, “Observation unit”, “Telemetry/step-down unit” Signsoflife=“Arrived with signs of life” Hospdisp = “Expired”, “Deceased/Expired” Inpatient