Association between admission delay and adverse outcome of emergency medical patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-323

  Junhasavasdikul, Detajin ^a   Theerawit, Pongdhep ^a   Kiatboonsri, Sumalee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADMISSION DELAY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 85027928829     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200788     Document Type: Article

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