The effect of triage-applied Ottawa ankle rules on the length of stay in a Canadian urgent care department: A randomized controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Fan, Jerome ^a,b   Woolfrey, Karen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Nurses; Ottawa Ankle Rules; Patient satisfaction; Quality improvement; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 31544469252     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.07.041     Document Type: Article

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