Effects of a triage process conversion on the triage of high-risk presentations

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 916-922

  Asaro, Phillip V ^a   Lewis, Lawrence M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Triage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 56849093440     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00236.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bever DL, Veenker CH. An illness-injury severity index for nonphysician emergency medical personnel. EMT J. 1979; 3:45-9.
2. Ogunmekan AO. Prospective study of a "severity index" in an acute paediatric emergency department. Cent Afr J Med. 1982; 28:306-9.
3. West TD, Pitzer SA. Improving quality while managing costs in emergency medicine. J Health Care Finance. 1997; 24:17-29.
4. Jimenez JG, Murray MJ, Beveridge R, et al. Implementation of the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in the Principality of Andorra: can triage parameters serve as emergency department quality indicators? Can J Emerg Med. 2003; 5:315-22.
5. Vertesi L. Does the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale identify non-urgent patients who can be triaged away from the emergency department? Can J Emerg Med. 2004; 6:337-42.
6. Beveridge R. CAEP issues. The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale: a new and critical element in health care reform. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. J Emerg Med. 1998; 16:507-11.
7. Murray JM. The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale: a Canadian perspective on emergency department triage. Emerg Med (Fremantle). 2003; 15:6-10.
8. Stobbe K, Dewar D, Thornton C, Duchaine S, Tremblay PM, Howe D. Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS): rural implementation statement. Can J Emerg Med. 2003; 5:104-7.
9. Beveridge R, Ducharme J, Janes L, Beaulieu S, Walter S. Reliability of the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale: interrater agreement. Ann Emerg Med. 1999; 34:155-9.
10. Manos D, Petrie DA, Beveridge RC, Walter S, Ducharme J. Inter-observer agreement using the Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale. Can J Emerg Med. 2002; 4:16-22.
11. Wuerz RC, Milne LW, Eitel DR, Travers D, Gilboy N. Reliability and validity of a new five-level triage instrument. Acad Emerg Med. 2000; 7:236-42.
12. Walls R. Dr. Richard Wuerz's Emergency Severity Index. Acad Emerg Med. 2001; 8:183-4.
13. Eitel DR, Travers DA, Rosenau AM, Gilboy N, Wuerz RC. The emergency severity index triage algorithm version 2 is reliable and valid. Acad Emerg Med. 2003; 10:1070-80.
14. Wuerz R. Emergency severity index triage category is associated with six-month survival. ESI Triage Study Group. Acad Emerg Med. 2001; 8:61-4.
15. Tanabe P, Gimbel R, Yarnold PR, Adams JG. The Emergency Severity Index (version 3) 5-level triage system scores predict ED resource consumption. J Emerg Nurs. 2004; 30:22-9.
16. Elshove-Bolk J, Mencl F, van Rijswijck BT, Simons MP, van Vugt AB. Validation of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) in self-referred patients in a European emergency department. Emerg Med J. 2007; 24:170-4.
17. Worster A, Fernandes CM, Eva K, Upadhye S. Predictive validity comparison of two five-level triage acuity scales. Eur J Emerg Med. 2007; 14:188-92.
18. McCaig LF, Nawar EW. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2004 emergency department summary. Adv Data. 2006; 372:1-29.