High rate of missing vital signs data at triage in a paediatric emergency department

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Opatrny, Lucie ^b   Gouin, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency; Triage; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 33744819748     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/11.4.211     Document Type: Article

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