Nurse-administered early warning score system can be used for emergency department triage

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Christensen, Dorthea ^a   Jensen, Nanna Martin ^a   Maaløe, Rikke ^a   Rudolph, Søren Steemann ^a   Belhage, Bo ^a   Perrild, Hans ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISPEBJERG EARLY WARNING SCORE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DENMARK; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; NURSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEAMWORK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959336770     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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