Accuracy and interrater reliability of paediatric emergency department triage
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Reliability and validity of triage systems in paediatric emergency care
BACKGROUND Triage in paediatric emergency care is an important tool to prioritize seriously ill children. Triage can also be used to identify patients who do not need urgent care and who can safely wait. The aim of this review was to provide an overview of the literature on reliability and validity of current triage systems in paediatric emergency care METHODS We performed a search in Pubmed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Australasia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1742-6731
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12455