Quality in triage: indicators in patients with respiratory disease.

Objectives: The objective was to apply quality indicators in respiratory disease triage during a set time period.

Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive, and comparative study of all patients attending the emergency department of Acosta Ñu Children's Hospital with breathing difficulty, between January 1 and July 31, 2011.

Results: Two thousand five hundred eighty-two patients were included in the study.