Validity of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in a tertiary care hospital

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Manzano, Sergio ^a   Arsenault, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatric; Triage; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY;

EID: 68149173511     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500010885     Document Type: Article

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