Triage decisions and outcomes for patients with Triage Priority 3 on the Society of Critical Care Medicine scale

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Shum, Hoi Ping ^a   Chan, King Chung ^a   Lau, Chun Wing ^a   Leung, Anne Kit Hung ^b   Chan, Kin Wai ^a   Yan, Wing Wa ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 77952756385     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: 26529335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-2772(23)01356-X     Document Type: Article

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