Emergency Severity Index Version 4 and Triage of Pediatric Emergency Department Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most emergency departments (EDs) across the US use the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) to predict acuity and resource needs. A comprehensive assessment of ESI accuracy among pediatric patients is lacking.

Objective

To assess the frequency of mistriage using ESI (version 4) among pediatric ED visits using automated measures of mistriage and identify characteristics associated with mistriage.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used operational measures for each ESI level to classify encounters as undertriaged, overtriaged, or correctly triaged to assess the accuracy of the ESI and identify characteristics of mistriage. Participants were pediatric patients at 21 EDs within Kaiser Permanente Northern California from January 1, 2016, to December

SUBMITTER: Sax DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11320334 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature