Comparison of severity of illness scores to physician clinical judgment for potential use in pediatric critical care triage

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-130

  Sweney, Jill S ^a,c   Poss, W Bradley ^a   Grissom, Colin K ^b   Keenan, Heather T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pandemic influenza; Pediatric intensive care unit; Resource allocation; Sofa score; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865622727     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.17     Document Type: Article

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