Comparison of an informally structured triage system, the emergency severity index, and the manchester triage system to distinguish patient priority in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 822-829

  Storm Versloot, Marja N ^a   Ubbink, Dirk T ^a   Kappelhof, Johan ^a   Luitse, Jan S K ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANCHESTER TRIAGE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051986634     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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