Determining severe respiratory distress in older out-of-hospital patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-317

  Shapiro, Susan E ^a   Rosenfeld, Anne G ^b   Daya, Mohamud ^b   Larson, Janet L ^c   McCauley, Linda A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Outcome measures; Respiration disorders; Risk adjustment measures

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; THINKING;

CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32144448932     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590962067     Document Type: Article

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