Critical Appraisal of Papers Describing Triage Systems

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Integrating health information systems: a critical appraisal.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to critically assess some of the underlying assumptions behind these initiatives and analyze the dominant expressions, forms and mechanisms of integration. METHODS This paper employs a discourse analysis to elicit the notion of integration of information systems and its consequences for electronic patient record systems. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS An alterna...

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Evaluation of coma: a critical appraisal of popular scoring systems.

Numerous scoring scales have been proposed and validated to evaluate coma for rapid pre-hospital assessment and triage, disease severity, and prognosis for morbidity and mortality. These scoring systems have been predicated on core features that serve as a basis for this review and include ease of use, inter-rater reliability, reproducibility, and predictive value. Here we review the benefits a...