Validity of the Manchester Triage System in emergency care: A prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the validity of the Manchester Triage System (MTS) in emergency care for the general population of patients attending the emergency department, for children and elderly, and for commonly used MTS flowcharts and discriminators across three different emergency care settings.

Methods

This was a prospective observational study in three European emergency departments. All consecutive patients attending the emergency department during a 1-year study period (2010-2012) were included. Validity of the MTS was assessed by comparing MTS urgency as determined by triage nurses with patient urgency according to a predefined 3-category reference standard as proxy for true patient urgency.

Results

288,663 patients were included in the analysis. Sensitivity of

SUBMITTER: Zachariasse JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289484 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature