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Transport Disposition Using the Transport Risk Assessment in Pediatrics (TRAP) Score

Sarah B. KandilFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine (SBK, JSG), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital (HAS), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Center for Analytic Sciences, Yale University (VN), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital (MTB), Akron, Ohio.
, MD,
Heather A. (Schmenk) SanfordFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine (SBK, JSG), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital (HAS), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Center for Analytic Sciences, Yale University (VN), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital (MTB), Akron, Ohio.
, RN, BSN, CCRN,
Veronika NorthrupFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine (SBK, JSG), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital (HAS), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Center for Analytic Sciences, Yale University (VN), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital (MTB), Akron, Ohio.
, MPH,
Michael Theodore BighamFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine (SBK, JSG), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital (HAS), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Center for Analytic Sciences, Yale University (VN), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital (MTB), Akron, Ohio.
, MD &
John Sebastian Giuliano Jr.From the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine (SBK, JSG), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale–New Haven Children's Hospital (HAS), New Haven, Connecticut; Yale Center for Analytic Sciences, Yale University (VN), New Haven, Connecticut; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children's Hospital (MTB), Akron, Ohio.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 366-373 | Received 01 Dec 2011, Accepted 09 Dec 2011, Published online: 23 Mar 2012

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