Repeatability of the Manchester triage system for children

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 512-516

  Van Veen, M ^a   Teunen van Der Walle, V F M ^b   Steyerberg, E W ^c   Van Meurs, A H J ^b   Ruige, M ^b   Strout, T D ^d   Van Der Lei, J ^c   Moll, Henriette A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 77954165488     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.077750     Document Type: Article

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