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

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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Principais autores:	Becker,Juliana Barros, Lopes,Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira, Pinto,Meiry Fernanda, Campanharo,Cassia Regina Vancini, Barbosa,Dulce Aparecida, Batista,Ruth Ester Assayag
Formato:	Digital revista
Idioma:	English
Publicado em:	Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 2015
Acesso em linha:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342015000500783
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