Triage at the Emergency Department: association between triage levels and patient outcome

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Juliana Barros Becker¹  Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes¹  Meiry Fernanda Pinto¹  Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo¹  Dulce Aparecida Barbosa¹  Ruth Ester Assayag Batista¹ 

关键词: Triage;    Emergency Medical Service;    Emergency Nursing;    Protocols;    Triaje;    Servicios Médicos de Urgencia;    Enfermería de Urgencia;    Protocolos;    Triagem;    Serviços Médicos de Emergência;    Enfermagem em Emergência;    Protocolos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420150000500011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AbstractOBJECTIVEIdentify association between sociodemographic, clinical and triage categories with protocol outcomes developed at Hospital São Paulo (HSP).METHODSRetrospective cohort study conducted with patients older than 18 years submitted to the triage protocol in August 2012. Logistic regression was used to associate the risk categories to outcomes (p-value ≤0,05).RESULTSMen with older age and those treated in clinical specialties had higher rates of hospitalization and death. Patients in the high-priority group had hospitalization and mortality rates five and 10.6 times, respectively (p < 0.0001).CONCLUSIONThe high-priority group experienced higher hospitalization and mortality rates. The protocol was able to detect patients with more urgent conditions and to identify risk factors for hospitalization and death.

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