An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'Clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1199-1206

  Guest, T ^a   Tantam, G ^b   Donlin, N ^a   Tantam, K ^a   McMillan, H ^a   Tillyard, Andrew ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TRIAGE;

EID: 70350492580     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06084.x     Document Type: Article

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