Diagnostic test accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and importance

Efficient triage of emergency patients is crucial for the immediate identification of critically ill individuals and enables rapid interventions to improve patient outcomes.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) of the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) for identifying critically ill adult patients in the emergency department (ED).

Settings and participants

We considered all studies (case-control and cohort studies) that evaluated the DTA of the ESI in adult patients attending an ED. The outcome of a triage system is the high urgency of treatment, commonly used reference standards are short-term mortality or admission to an ICU.

Methods

We searched four bibliographic databases up to 13 February 20

SUBMITTER: Wandl B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12382730 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature