Triage of Geriatric Patients in the Emergency Department: Validity and Survival With the Emergency Severity Index

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Baumann, Michael R ^a   Strout, Tania D ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33846227923     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Tanabe P., Gimbel R., Yarnold P., et al. The Emergency Severity Index (version 3) 5-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption. J Emerg Nurs 30 (2004) 22-29
2. Wuerz R., Milne L., Eitel D.R., et al. Reliability and validity of a new five-level triage instrument. Acad Emerg Med 7 (2000) 236-242
3. Wuerz R., Travers D., Gilboy N., et al. Implementation and refinement of the Emergency Severity Index. Acad Emerg Med 8 (2001) 170-176
4. Wuerz R. Emergency Severity Index triage category is associated with six-month survival. Acad Emerg Med 8 (2001) 61-64
5. Tanabe P., Gimbel R., Yarnold P., et al. Reliability and validity of scores of the Emergency Severity Index version 3. Acad Emerg Med 11 (2004) 59-65
6. Eitel D., Travers D., Rosenau A., et al. The Emergency Severity Index triage algorithm version 2 is reliable and valid. Acad Emerg Med 10 (2003) 1070-1080
7. Baumann M.R., and Strout T.D. Evaluation of the Emergency Severity Index (version 3) triage algorithm in pediatric patients. Acad Emerg Med 12 (2005) 219-224
8. McCaig L.F., and Burt C.W. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department Summary: Advance Data From Vital and Health Statistics; No. 340 (2004), National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD
9. Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Flow: case for improvement. Available at: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Flow. Accessed November 23, 2005.
10. Aminzadeh F., and Dalziel W.B. Older adults in the emergency department: a systematic review of patterns of use, adverse outcomes, and effectiveness of interventions. Ann Emerg Med 39 (2002) 238-247
11. Medlon S.W., Mion L.C., Palmer R.M., et al. A brief risk-stratification tool to predict repeat emergency department visits and hospitalizations in older patients discharged from the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med 10 (2003) 224-232
12. Dendukuri N., McClusker J., and Belzile E. The identification of seniors at risk screening tool: further evidence of concurrent and predictive validity. J Am Geriatr Soc 52 (2004) 290-296
13. Lowenstein S.R., Crescenzi C.A., Kern D.C., et al. Care of the elderly in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med 15 (1986) 528-535
14. Strange G.R., and Chen E.H. Use of emergency departments by elder patients: a five year follow-up study. Acad Emerg Med 5 (1998) 1157-1162
15. Eagle D.J., Rideout B., Prince P., et al. Misuse of the emergency department by the elderly population: myth or reality?. J Emerg Nurs 19 (1993) 212-218
16. Strange G.R., Chen E.H., and Sanders A.B. Use of emergency departments by elderly patients: projections from a multicenter data base. Ann Emerg Med 217 (1992) 819-824
17. Singal B.M., Hedges J.R., Rousseau E., et al. Geriatric patient emergency visits, part I: comparison of visits by geriatric and younger patients. Ann Emerg Med 21 (1992) 802-807
18. Hamdy R.C., Forrest L.J., Moore S.W., et al. Use of emergency departments by the elderly in rural areas. South Med J 90 (1997) 616-620
19. Baum S.A., and Rubenstein L.Z. Old people in the emergency room: age-related differences in emergency department use and care. J Am Geriatr Soc 35 (1987) 398-404
20. Gilboy N., Tanabe P., Travers D.A., et al. Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook (2005), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD AHRQ Publication No. 05-0046-2.
21. Gilboy N., Tanabe P., and Travers D.A. The Emergency Severity Index version 4: changes to ESI level 1 and pediatric fever criteria. J Emerg Nurs 31 (2005) 357-362
22. Tanabe P., Travers D., Gilboy N., et al. Refining Emergency Severity Index triage criteria. Acad Emerg Med 12 (2005) 497-501