Recording of vital signs in a district general hospital emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 799-802

  Armstrong, Bruce ^a   Walthall, H ^b   Clancy, M ^c,d   Mullee, M ^c,d   Simpson, H ^a  

^a BASINGSTOKE AND NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149120133     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.052951     Document Type: Article

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