Descriptive epidemiology of adult critical care transfers from the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Gray, Alaisdair ^a   Gill, S ^b   Airey, M ^c   Williams, R ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nuffield Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0037843294     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.3.242     Document Type: Article

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