A simple tool to predict admission at the time of triage

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 174-179

  Cameron, Allan ^a   Rodgers, Kenneth ^b   Ireland, Alastair ^a   Jamdar, Ravi ^a   McKay, Gerard A ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923473628     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203200     Document Type: Article

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