Manchester triage system in paediatric emergency care: prospective observational study

Objective To validate use of the Manchester triage system in paediatric emergency care.Design Prospective observational study.Setting Emergency departments of a university hospital and a teaching hospital in the Netherlands, 2006-7.Participants 17 600 children (aged

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	BMJ 2008-10, Vol.337 (7673), p.792-795
Main Authors:	Veen, M van, Steyerberg, Ewout W, Ruige, Madelon, Meurs, Alfred H J van, Roukema, Jolt, Lei, Johan van der, Moll, Henriette A
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adults Algorithms Biological and medical sciences Child Child health services Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Confidence interval Departments Emergency departments Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration Emergency Service, Hospital - standards Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Emergency services Emergency treatment Female Fever Flowcharts General aspects Heart rate Hospital admissions Hospitals Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Mortality Netherlands Nurses Pain Patients Pediatric Nursing - organization & administration Pediatric Nursing - standards Pediatric Nursing - statistics & numerical data Pediatrics Pediatrics - organization & administration Pediatrics - standards Physicians Population Prospective Studies Reference Standards Sensitivity and Specificity Triage Triage - organization & administration Triage - standards Validity
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