Safety of the manchester triage system to identify less urgent patients in paediatric emergence care: A prospective observational study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 513-518

  Van Veen, Mirjam ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^b   Lettinga, Lizanne ^a   Ruige, Madelon ^c   Van Meurs, Alfred H J ^c   Van Der Lei, Johan ^b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER TRIAGE SYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 79956331399     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.199018     Document Type: Article

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