Triage and Injury Severity Scores as predictors of mortality and hospital admission for injuries: A validation study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1958-1965

  Camilloni, Laura ^a   Rossi, Paolo Giorgi ^a   Farchi, Sara ^a   Chini, Francesco ^a   Borgia, Piero ^a   Guasticchi, Gabriella ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Injury severity score; Mortality; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY INFORMATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY SEVERITY; MORTALITY; TRIAGE;

HOSPITALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049361020     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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