Medical problems presenting to paediatric emergency departments: 10 Years on

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 379-382

  Sands, Rebecca ^a   Shanmugavadivel, Dhurgshaarna ^b   Stephenson, Terence ^b   Wood, Damian ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SWELLING; THORAX PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860218035     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.106229     Document Type: Article

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