Development of the Canadian emergency department diagnosis shortlist

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-319

  Unger, Bernard ^a   Afilalo, Marc ^a   Boivin, Jean François ^a   Bullard, Michael ^b   Grafstein, Eric ^c   Schull, Michael ^d   Lang, Eddy ^e   Colacone, Antoinette ^a   Soucy, Nathalie ^a   Xue, Xiaoqing ^a   Segal, Eli ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Diagnosis classification; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADIAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSIS SHORTLIST; DATA BASE; DELPHI STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79955074696     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012392     Document Type: Article

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