A patient is taken to the emergency room with the end stages of colon cancer and dies within 24 hours of arrival. In which registry(ies) would this patient potentially be listed?
A) emergency room register
B) admission register
C) death register
D) all of the above

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The patient would be listed in all of the registries: the emergency room register because they were taken to the ER, the admission register because they were admitted to the hospital, and the death register because they died within 24 hours of arrival.

A Patient Is Taken to the Emergency Room with the End