Validity of different pediatric early warning scores in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Seiger, Nienke ^a   Maconochie, Ian ^b   Oostenbrink, Rianne ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Emergency medical services; Triage (early warning score); Validity; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885129041     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3594     Document Type: Article

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