The need for pediatric-specific triage criteria: Results from the Florida Trauma Triage Study

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 394-399

  Phillips, Susan ^a   Rond III, Philip C ^b   Kelly, Susan M ^b   Swartz, P David ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Strategies Inc   (United States)

^c Archimedes Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

pediatric triage criteria; Trauma; triage criteria performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030447358     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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