Triage score for severity of illness

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 204-210

  Kumar, Nirmal ^a,c   Thomas, N ^a   Singhal, D ^a   Puliyel, J M ^a   Sreenivas, V ^b  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Triage score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRIAGE;

EID: 0037351572     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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