Reliability of a Computerized Version of the Pediatric Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 864-869

  Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Gouin, Serge ^a   Bailey, Benoit ^a   Roy, Michel ^a   Bergeron, Sylvie ^a   Amre, Devendra ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

computerized system; emergency department; pediatric; triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PEDIATRIC CANADIAN TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 34548730243     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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