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The Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS) is a localized modification of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Although CTAS was not intended for defining the severity of individual...
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to analyze and compare the classifications of a prehospital triage system and an in-hospital triage system.
METHODS: The records of patients transferred from the ‘119’ emergency...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the length of hospital stay (LOS) after stroke using the database of the Korean Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.
METHODS: We matched the data of patients admitted...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the post-stroke rehabilitation status according to stroke severity using the database of the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
METHODS: The data of patients admitted to the...
PURPOSE: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is one of the most common causes of emergency department (ED) presentation which can lead to a fatal condition. Many clinical scoring systems intended to...