Identifying a Clinical Risk Triage Score for Adult Emergency Department

Aiqun Zhu, Xiao Liu and Jingping Zhang

Clinical Nursing Research, 2021, vol. 30, issue 8, 1135-1143

Abstract: Emergency triage is crucial for the treatment and prognosis of emergency patients, but its validity needs further improvement. The purpose of this study was to identify a risk score for adult triage. We conducted a regression analysis of physiological and biochemical data from 1,522 adult patients. A 60-point triage scoring model included temperature, pulse, systolic blood pressure, oxygen saturation, consciousness, dyspnea, admission mode, syncope history, chest pain or chest tightness, complexion, hematochezia or hematemesis, hemoptysis, white blood count, creatinine, bicarbonate, platelets, and creatine kinase. The area under curve in predicting ICU admission was 0.929 (95% CI [0.913–0.944]) for the derivation cohort and 0.911 (95% CI [0.884–0.938]) for the validation cohort. Four categories: critical level (≥13 points), severe level (6–12 points), urgency level (1–5 points), and sub-acute level (0 points) were divided, which significantly distinguished the severity of emergency patients.

Keywords: clinical score; physiological indices; blood parameters; emergency triage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211003273

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