Validation of the paediatric triage tape

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-50

  Wallis, Lee A ^a,c   Carley, S ^b  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GARNER CRITERIA; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC TRIAGE TAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 30344455902     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.024893     Document Type: Article

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