Effect of vital signs on triage decisions

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-232

  Cooper, Richelle J ^a   Schriger, David L ^a   Flaherty, Heather L ^a   Lin, Edward J ^a   Hubbell, Kelly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036123429     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.121524     Document Type: Article

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