Triage vital signs predict in-hospital mortality among emergency department patients with acute poisoning: A case control study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yu, Jiun Hao ^a   Weng, Yi Ming ^a   Chen, Kuan Fu ^a,b   Chen, Shou Yen ^a   Lin, Chih Chuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865052784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-262     Document Type: Article

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