Reliability and validity of the emergency severity index for pediatric triage

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 843-849

  Travers, Debbie A ^a,b   Waller, Anna E ^b   Katznelson, Jessica ^b   Agans, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 70149118759     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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