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bounceback
What does bounceback mean?
ED slang for a patient who gets discharged and then reappears within 72 hours with the same complaint. Sometimes it's the patient not coping at home, sometimes it's a missed diagnosis the first time round, which is why bouncebacks get audited.
"Bed three's a bounceback from Tuesday's chest pain, and this time the troponin's up."
Frequently asked questions
What does bounceback mean in medicine?
A bounceback is a patient who returns to A&E (the ER) within days of being discharged.
How do you use bounceback in a sentence?
"We had a bounceback overnight — discharged Tuesday, back with the same complaint Thursday."
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