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Mortality predictors are not triage scores
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  1. Kirsty Challen1,
  2. Andrew Bentley1,
  3. John Bright2,
  4. Darren Walter3
  1. 1
    University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
  2. 2
    Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
  3. 3
    University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
  1. Dr Kirsty Challen, University Hospital of South Manchester, Southmoor Road, Manchester M23 9LT, UK; kirsty.challen{at}smtr.nhs.uk

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