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Predictive validity of the Triage Risk Screening Tool for elderly patients in a Canadian emergency department
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 09/07/06
Jerome Fan MD, et al. - We sought to externally evaluate the predictive validity of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (TRST) for elderly patients in a Canadian setting...Conclusion: The TRST cannot be used as a single diagnostic test to predict whether Canadian ED elders will have an ED revisit, hospital admission, or long-term care placement at 30 or 120 days
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