Accident & emergency department diagnosis - How accurate are we?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-30

  Goh, S H ^a   Low, B Y ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Admission diagnosis; Audit; Diagnostic accuracy; Emergency room; Performance indicator

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 0030076257     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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