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Validity of the Manchester Triage System in emergency care: A prospective obser...
Zachariasse, J; Seiger, N; Rood, P; Alves, C; Freitas, PT; Smit, F; Roukema, G; Moll, HOBJECTIVES: To determine the validity of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) in emergency care for the general population of patients attending the emergency department, for children and elderly, and for commonly used MTS flowcharts and discriminators across three different emergency care settings. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study in three European emergency departments. All consecutive patien...
Can differences in the management of children with respiratory problems be expl...
Borensztajn, D; Zachariasse, J; Greber-Platzer, S; Alves, C; Freitas, PT; Smit, F; van der Lei, J; Steyerberg, E; Maconochie, I; Moll, H
Improving the Manchester Triage System for pediatric emergency care: an interna...
Seiger, N; van Veen, N; Almeida, HI; Steyerberg, E; van Meurs, A; Carneiro, R; Alves, C; Maconochie, I; van der Lei, J; Moll, HOBJECTIVE: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 <16) visiting an emergency department over 13 months (university hospital) and seven months (teaching hospital). INTERVENTION: Nurses triaged...