The Manchester triage system: Improvements for paediatric emergency care

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 654-659

  Van Veen, Mirjam ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^b   Van't Klooster, Mariët ^a   Ruige, Madelon ^c   Van Meurs, Alfred H J ^c   Van Der Lei, Johan ^b   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER TRIAGE SYSTEM; NURSE; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VITAL SIGN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 84863988836     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200562     Document Type: Article

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