Refining and testing the diagnostic accuracy of an assessment tool (PAT-POPS) to predict admission and discharge of children and young people who attend an emergency department: protocol for an observational study

• Main Authors: Samah Riaz (Author), Andrew Rowland (Author), Steve Woby (Author), Tony Long (Author), Joan Livesley (Author), Sarah Cotterill (Author), Calvin Heal (Author), Damian Roland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Increasing attendances by children (aged 0-16 years) to United Kingdom Emergency Departments (EDs) challenges patient safety within the National Health Service (NHS) with health professionals required to make complex judgements on whether children attending urgent and emergency c...