Validation of a verbal dyspnoea rating scale in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-481

  Saracino, Amanda ^a   Weiland, Tracey ^a   Dent, Andrew ^a   Jolly, Brian ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dyspnoea; Emergency medicine; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149299934     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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