From: Reliability and validity of triage systems in paediatric emergency care
Country | N, patients | Triage system | Design | Outcome measure | Conclusion |
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Canada [8] | 807/560 | PaedCTAS | Before and after design, prospective study | Admission rate, medical interventions, and PRISA score, comparison with previous used triage tool (4 level) | Previous triage tool had better ability to predict admission than paediatric CTAS |
Canada [11] | 58,529 | PaedCTAS | Retrospective | Admission, ICU admission Length of stay (LOS) | Good correlation between urgency and admission, ICU admission and LOS |
Canada [33] | 1,618 | PaedCTAS | Retrospective | Costs of resource utilization | PaedCTAS urgency level correlates well with resource utilization |
USA [6] | 510 | ESI (version 3) Children | Prospective triage, retrospective chart review | Admission rate, medical interventions, PRISA score, comparison with used triage tool | ESI score predicts resource use, length of stay, and admission to hospital |
The Netherlands [14] | 1,065 | MTS | Retrospective | Reference standard for urgency * | Sensitivity 63% Specificity 78% |
The Netherlands [16] | 17,600 | MTS | Prospective | Reference standard for urgency * | Sensitivity 63% Specificity 79% |