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The Effect of Triage‐applied Ottawa Ankle Rules on the Length of Stay in a Canadian Urgent Care Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Academic Emergency Medicine · 2006 · 32 citations · 15 references

Abstract

The use of OAR and the ordering of roentgenograms by triage nurses before physician evaluation for twisting ankle or foot injuries does not decrease the length of stay in an urgent care department.

References

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Does reduced length of stay decrease the number of emergency department patients who leave without seeing a physician?

Christopher M.B. Fernandes, Ann Price, James M. Christenson · Journal of Emergency Medicine · 1997 · 148 citations

Emergency Department Patients, Health Care Delivery, Patient Safety +8

Validating a model of patient satisfaction with emergency care

Benjamin Sun, James G. Adams, Helen Burstin · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 2001 · 90 citations

Primary Care, Patient Safety, Out-of-hospital Emergency Medical Service +5

Triage nurse requested x rays--are they worthwhile?

M Lindley-Jones · Emergency Medicine Journal · 2000 · 68 citations · Full text

Should nurses be allowed to request X-rays in an accident & emergency department?

A Macleod, P Freeland · Emergency Medicine Journal · 1992 · 48 citations · Full text

Nursing, Emergency Radiology, Patient Satisfaction +15

Accuracy and efficiency of X-ray requests initiated by triage nurses in an accident and emergency department

K.M. Lee, Tzu‐Jung Wong, Ryan Chan et al. · Accident and Emergency Nursing · 1996 · 47 citations

Emergency Radiology, Triage, Patient Safety +10