Reliability and validity of two four-level emergency triage systems

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Parenti, Nicola ^a   Ferrara, Laura ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, Maria Letizia ^c   Sangiorgi, Diego ^b   Lenzi, Tiziano ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Emergency department; Predictive validity; Reliability; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ITALY; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRIAGE;

EID: 68049110435     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328310b594     Document Type: Article

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