Revision of the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) presenting complaint list version 1.1;Révision de la liste de raisons de consultation du Système Canadien d'information de gestion des départements d'urgence (SIGDU), version 1.1

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-161

  Grafstein, Eric ^a   Bullard, Michael J ^b   Warren, David ^c   Unger, Bernard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CTAS; Emergency department information systems; Presenting complaint

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANADIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM PRESENTING COMPLAINT LIST; CHILD WELFARE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 54349105499     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009878     Document Type: Review

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