Evaluating age in the field triage of injured persons

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-345

  Nakamura, Yoko ^a   Daya, Mohamud ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^c   Schreiber, Martin ^b   MacKersie, Robert ^d   Hsia, Renee Y ^e   Mann, N Clay ^f   Holmes, James F ^g   Staudenmayer, Kristan ^h   Sturges, Zachary ⁱ   Liao, Michael ^j,k   Haukoos, Jason ^j,k   Kuppermann, Nathan ^g   Barton, Erik D ⁱ   Newgard, Craig D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC STATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865450980     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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