Pediatric Triage Accuracy in Pediatric and General Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Accurate triage at the time of emergency department (ED) presentation is critical for timely acuity assessment and anticipating resource requirements. Commonly, triage is conducted using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI); however, the accuracy of this approach for children in general EDs is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to quantify pediatric triage accuracy in a national sample of ED visits and evaluate whether presentation to a pediatric vs general ED is associated with mistriage.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of the 2017-2021 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey of pediatric (aged <18 years) ED visits with an ESI score from 3 to 5. The outcome was mistriage (resource utilization discordant with ESI prediction). S

SUBMITTER: Geanacopoulos AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693460 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature