Risk assessment in the first fifteen minutes: A prospective cohort study of a simple physiological scoring system in the emergency department

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Merz, Tobias M ^a   Etter, Reto ^a   Mende, Ludger ^a   Barthelmes, Daniel ^a   Wiegand, Jan ^a   Martinolli, Luca ^a   Takala, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGICAL SCORING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAL SIGN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 78651446924     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9972     Document Type: Article

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