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Observational cohort study with internal and external validation of a predictive tool for identification of children in need of hospital admission from the emergency department: the Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department (PAGE) score
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- Published on: 12 February 2021
- Published on: 12 February 2021PAGE: Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department
We read with interest the assessment tool given the acronym PAGE: Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department.
bmjopen-2020-043864.This PAGE study is of particular importance in emergency departments
in a hospital ( for instance in Oman ) where pediatrics is not amongst a hospital specialities.Further development of PAGE may answer a recent call to improve the Emergency Department (ED) response to children injuries in Oman.
doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2018-000310
A recent retrospective review of ED trauma registers in Oman also found, first, high children injuries incidence of falls, home injuries and burns.
Second, suggests future work for age-targeted interventions to better respond to children injury events .Conflict of Interest:
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