Outcome assessment of patients classified through the Manchester Triage System in emergency units in Brazil and Portugal.

Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the outcomes of patients' treatment classified according to the Manchester Triage System (MTS) in two large hospitals.

Methods: Historical cohort study performed in two hospitals in different countries: one emergency unit of a hospital in Portugal, and another in Brazil. The studied population was composed of all patients attended and triaged by nurses in emergency services using the MTS, based on data obtained through the ALERT® software.

Relationship between risk stratification, mortality and length of stay in a Emergency Hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between risk stratification, mortality and hospital length of stay in emergency medical services.

Methodology: A prospective cohort study that used the information in the ALERTÒ database of the HOSPUB to know the evolution of patients classified by nurses using the Manchester Risk Classification Triage System in the emergency medical services, of the Belo Horizonte Municipal Hospital - MG, Brazil.

Results: 147,167 patients were analyzed, 5.