Performance of the canadian triage and acuity scale for children: A multicenter database study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gravel, Jocelyn ^a   Fitzpatrick, Eleanor ^b   Gouin, Serge ^a   Millar, Kelly ^c   Curtis, Sarah ^d   Joubert, Gary ^e   Boutis, Kathy ^f   Guimont, Chantal ^g   Goldman, Ran D ^h   Dubrovsky, Alexander S ⁱ   Porter, Robert ^j   Beer, Darcy ^k   Doan, Quynh ^h   Osmond, Martin H ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN TRIAGE AND ACUITY SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84871276875     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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