Validation of the emergency severity index (ESI) in self-referred patients in a European emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-174

  Elshove Bolk, Jolande ^a   Mencl, Francis ^b   Simons, Maarten P ^b   van Rijswijck, Bas T F ^c   van Vugt, Arie B ^d  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 34147183728     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.039883     Document Type: Article

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