The effect of emergency department crowding on reassessment of children with critically abnormal vital signs

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1116-1120

  Depinet, Holly E ^a   Iyer, Srikant B ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a   Timm, Nathan L ^a   Byczkowski, Terri L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; VITAL SIGN; ADOLESCENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; VITAL SIGNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908121798     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12478     Document Type: Article

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