Triage: What can we do to improve our practice?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2044-2046

  Guidet, B ^a,b,c   Hejblum, G ^b,c   Joynt, G ^d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 84885420914     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3063-0     Document Type: Editorial

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