Development and validation of the excess mortality ratio-based Emergency Severity Index

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1491-1500

  Hong, Ki Jeong ^a,b   Shin, Sang Do ^a,b   Ro, Young Sun ^b,c   Song, Kyoung Jun ^a,b   Singer, Adam J ^d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EXCESS MORTALITY RATIO BASED EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84869438583     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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