A simple clinical score "TOPRS" to predict outcome in pediatric emergency department in a teaching hospital in India

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-101

  Bains, Harmesh S ^a   Soni, Ravinder Kumar ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Outcome assessment; Pediatrics; Triage

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84867537664     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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