Electrocardiogram interpretation during nurse triage improves the performance of the triage system in patients with cardiovascular symptoms - A prospective observational study.

Background: An immediate ECG on arrival of a patient with cardiovascular symptoms in the ED may anticipate the need for life-saving intervention. The aim was to evaluate whether ECG interpretation during nurse triage can improve triage system performance in patients with cardiovascular symptoms.

Methods: All patients who required an assessment for cardiovascular symptoms were considered for this observational study.

Effect of the Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain Score on the Triage Performance in Patients With Chest Pain.

The sensitivity of triage systems in identifying acute cardiovascular events in patients presented to the emergency department with chest pain is not optimal. Recently, a clinical score, the Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain Score (EDACS), has been proposed for a rapid assessment without additional instruments. To evaluate whether the integration of EDACS into triage evaluation of patients with chest pain can improve the triage's predictive validity for an acute cardiovascular event, a single-center prospective observational study was conducted.

Triage assessment of transitory loss of consciousness in the emergency department-A retrospective observational study.

Aim: To establish how the Manchester Triage System can correctly prioritize patients admitted to the emergency department for transitory loss of consciousness in relation to their risk of presenting severe acute disease.

Design: A observational retrospective study.

Methods: A total of 2291 patients who required a triage evaluation for a transitory loss of consciousness at the emergency department of Merano Hospital between 1 January 2017 and 30 June 2019 were considered.

Nurse triage accuracy in the evaluation of syncope according to European Society of Cardiology guidelines.

Aims: The role of triage for patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) for a syncopal transitory loss of consciousness (TLOC) has not been debated, and no comparisons with the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines are currently available. To verify the ability of triage to correctly prioritize patients with syncopal TLOC.

Methods And Results: All patients who received a triage assessment at the ED of the Merano Hospital (Italy) between 1 January 2017 and 30 June 2019 for a syncope were considered.

Blood sampling during nurse triage reduces patient length of stay in the emergency department: A propensity score-weighted, population-based study.

Background: Increases in patients' length of stay (LOS) in the emergency department (ED) have led to overcrowding.

Objectives: In this study, the implementation of blood sampling during triage in lower priority level patients was assessed as a possible means to reduce LOS.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed from January 2018 to January 2019.