If You Require a Longer Stay, Discover Our Extended Care Service
Beyond the traditional ER experience, we offer premier inpatient services for patients who require overnight or extended care. When hospitalization is necessary for our emergency room patients, we make the transition seamless, ensuring your care and treatment continue without interruption. Our expert physicians provide personalized, one-on-one care 24/7, offering a smart alternative for helping you and your loved ones feel better quickly.
24/7 Concierge-Level Private and Comfortable Inpatient Care
Our inpatient medical services prioritize your comfort and well-being, with the patient experience at the forefront. With full amenities designed to make you feel at home, we offer a relaxing environment where you can focus on your recovery. Our dedicated staff delivers one-on-one attentive medical care in large private rooms equipped with a private bath, television, and catered meals, ensuring a home-away-from-home experience as you heal.
Discover the difference in inpatient medical care at East Valley ER & Hospital.
Common Conditions That Require Inpatient Services
Below are some of the most common conditions that typically require inpatient services and hospitalization for further treatment. Please note that these are not the only medical conditions that may require an inpatient stay.
Cardiovascular
- Atypical chest pain (rule out ACS, negative troponins)
- Syncope, non-life-threatening cause suspected, requiring further monitoring or workup
- Mild acute decompensated heart failure (no hypoxia at rest, no pressors)
- Hypertensive urgency (no end-organ damage)
- Stable hypotension (responds to fluids, no shock, no pressors needed
- Volume overload due to non-cardiac cause (renal failure, cirrhosis)
- Monitoring after cardioversion (elective, stable)
Neurological
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA) required MRI by the next day
- Stroke-like symptoms with negative imaging requiring MRI by the next day
- Passing out: Syncope workup (non-life-threatening cause)
- Seizure disorder (breakthrough seizure, stable postictal)
- Post-concussion observation
- Vertigo requiring workup negative head ct but requiring ongoing treatment and MRI by the next day
Pulmonary
- COPD exacerbation (no impending respiratory failure) requiring oxygen or ongoing recurrent treatments
- Asthma exacerbation (not severe)
- Community-acquired pneumonia (hemodynamically stable)
- Viral pneumonia (stable oxygen needs)
- Influenza with dehydration
- COVID-19 pneumonia (stable O₂ needs, no ICU)
- Bronchitis with hypoxemia
- Pulmonary embolism (hemodynamically stable, no RV strain)
- Interstitial lung disease exacerbation (stable oxygen)
- Mild hypoxemia of unclear etiology (requiring O₂, stable)
- Pulmonary edema (non-cardiogenic, mild)
- Bronchiectasis exacerbation (no ICU need)
- Aspiration pneumonia (not severe)
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia (no ICU criteria)
- Healthcare-associated pneumonia (stable)
Endocrine / Metabolic
- Hyperglycemia uncontrolled (no DKA/HHS) perhaps mild DKA ok to include
- Hypoglycemia recurrent but stable)
- Hypothyroidism severe (but not myxedema coma)
- Hyponatremia (not severe neuro symptoms)
- Hypernatremia (correcting gradually)
- Hypokalemia (non-life-threatening)
- Hyperkalemia (without EKG instability)
- Hypocalcemia (mild/moderate, no tetany)
- Hypercalcemia (mild/moderate, no coma/arrhythmia)
- Hypomagnesemia significant but non life threatening
- Hypermagnesemia (not life-threatening)
- Steroid-induced hyperglycemia (not DKA/HHS)
- Euglycemic DKA (mild, stable) including from semaglutide or tirzepatide
- Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (mild, stable)
- Syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH, mild-moderate)
- Mild starvation ketosis
- Metabolic acidosis (non-anion gap, stable)
- Metabolic alkalosis (stable, cause under evaluation)
Hepatic / GI
- Hepatic encephalopathy (mild, responding to lactulose)
- Alcoholic hepatitis (stable)
- Pancreatitis mild-moderate (not ICU criteria)
- Diverticulitis (complicated but not perforated)
- Colitis (non-toxic)
- Inflammatory bowel disease flare (moderate, IV steroids/fluids)
- Mild hepatic failure (no encephalopathy/bleeding)
- Alcoholic gastritis with dehydration
- Intractable abdominal pain
- Ileus (stable, supportive management)
- Fecal impaction with electrolyte imbalance
Renal / GU
- Acute kidney injury (non-dialysis dependent, no life-threatening hyperkalemia)
- Urinary retention (requiring Foley, observation)
- Acute worsening on chronic kidney disease (non-dialysis)
Infectious Disease
- Urinary tract infection (complicated, requiring IV antibiotics)
- Pyelonephritis (kidney infection) (no sepsis, stable)
- Cellulitis requiring IV antibiotics failing outpatient treatment
- Abscess post-drainage observation if abnormal labs or vitals
- Bacteremia (stable, no septic shock)
- Sepsis (early, fluid responsive, no ICU criteria)
- Osteomyelitis (stable, IV antibiotics)
- Gastroenteritis with dehydration
- Clostridioides difficile colitis (not fulminant)
- Soft tissue infection without necrosis
- Diabetic foot infection (mild-moderate)
- Viral gastroenteritis with dehydration
- HIV with fever (no severe OI, stable)
- Hepatitis (viral, acute, stable)
Functional Issues
- Elderly recurrent falls and debility and generalized weakness
- Failure to thrive and needing Nursing Home Placement
- Fever of unknown origin (stable, workup)
- Electrolyte monitoring
- Dehydration from poor oral intake (elderly, stable)
- Pressure ulcer requiring IV antibiotics and wound care
- Rheumatologic flare (SLE, RA, etc., stable)
- Muscle breakdown from rhabdomyolysis
- Heat exhaustion with dehydration (stable)
- Hypothermia (mild, stable)
Toxicology / Substance Use
- Alcohol withdrawal (mild-moderate, no ICU criteria)
- Drug withdrawal
