Emergency Department Triage Scales and Their Components: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Farrohknia, Nasim ^a   Castrén, Maaret ^b   Ehrenberg, Anna ^c   Lind, Lars ^a   Oredsson, Sven ^d   Jonsson, Håkan ^a   Asplund, Kjell ^e   Göransson, Katarina E ^f,g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TRIAGE;

EID: 79959645801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-42     Document Type: Review

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