Pediatric Emergency Assessment Tool (PEAT): A risk-adjustment measure for pediatric emergency patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-162

  Gorelick, Marc H ^a,b,c   Lee, Chistopher ^b   Cronan, Kathleen ^a,b   Kost, Susanne ^a,b   Palmer, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services for children; Risk assessment; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT TOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035125525     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01281.x     Document Type: Article

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