Predicting admission and mortality with the Emergency Severity Index and the Manchester Triage System: A retrospective observational study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 506-509

  Van Der Wulp, I ^a   Schrijvers, A J P ^a   Van Stel, H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 67649787038     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.063768     Document Type: Article

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