Evaluation of triage methods used to select patients with suspected pandemic influenza for hospital admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-388

  Challen, Kirsty ^a,b   Goodacre, Steve W ^a   Wilson, Richard ^a   Bentley, Andrew ^c   Campbell, Mike ^a   Fitzsimmons, Christopher ^d   Walter, Darren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Emergency Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SUPPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE OF RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANDEMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860224421     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.104380     Document Type: Article

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