Derivation and internal validation of a rule to predict hospital admission in prehospital patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Meisel, Zachary F ^a,b   Pollack, Charles V ^a   Mechem, C Crawford ^a,c   Pines, Jesse M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease classification; Emergencies classification; Emergency medical services standards; Hospital admission; Hospitalization utilization; Prediction rule; Sensitivity and specificity; Triage classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEAKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 46349095582     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802096647     Document Type: Article

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