Comparison of cats, curb-65 and pmews as triage tools in pandemic influenza admissions to uk hospitals: Case control analysis using retrospective data

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Myles, Puja R ^a   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^a   Lim, Wei Shen ^b   Nicholson, Karl G ^c   Brett, Stephen J ^d   Enstone, Joanne E ^a   McMenamin, James ^e   Openshaw, Peter J M ^f   Read, Robert C ^g   Taylor, Bruce L ^h   Bannister, Barbara ⁱ   Semple, Malcolm G ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURB 65 SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC MEDICAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859241601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034428     Document Type: Article

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