Correlation of the Canadian Pediatric Emergency Triage and Acuity Scale to ED resource utilization

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 893-897

  Ma, Warren ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Goldman, Ran D ^a  

^a PRETx Program   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADIAN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54749115600     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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