Assessing the need for hospital admission by the Cape Triage discriminator presentations and the simple clinical score.
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Nenagh Hospital, Nenagh, Ireland.Issue Date
2010-11MeSH
Acute DiseaseAged
Color
Discriminant Analysis
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Rural
Humans
Ireland
Male
Middle Aged
Needs Assessment
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Admission
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Triage
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Assessing the need for hospital admission by the Cape Triage discriminator presentations and the simple clinical score. 2010, 27 (11):852-5 Emerg Med JJournal
Emergency medicine journal : EMJDOI
10.1136/emj.2009.086256PubMed ID
20513735Abstract
There is uncertainty about how to assess unselected acutely ill medical patients at the time of their admission to hospital. This study examined the use of the Simple Clinical Score (SCS) and the medically relevant Cape Triage discriminator clinical presentations to determine the need for admission to an acute medical unit.Item Type
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1472-0213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/emj.2009.086256
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