Traditional nurse triage vs physician telepresence in a pediatric ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-329

  Marconi, Greg P ^a   Chang, Todd ^a   Pham, Phung K ^a   Grajower, Daniel N ^a   Nager, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN TELEPRESENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROAT CULTURE; TRADITIONAL NURSE TRIAGE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84898601562     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.032     Document Type: Article

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