Inter-rater agreement of the triage system RETTS-HEV

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-41

  Nissen, Louise ^a   Kirkegaard, Hans ^c   Perez, Noel ^a   Hørlyk, Ulf ^a   Larsen, Louise P ^b  

^a Department of Emergency ^*  (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

emergency department; inter rater agreement; reliability; RETTS; triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHILD; CIRCULATION; CODING ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAFF NURSE; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DENMARK; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84891837645     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32836397d9     Document Type: Article

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