Low compliance with a validated system 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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISPEBJERG EARLY WARNING SCORE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959357007     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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