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Effect of age adjustment on two triage methods.
BMC Emerg Med
March 2022
Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki Meilahden Tornisairaala, Haartmaninkatu 4, P.O. Box 340, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
Background: Most emergency departments rely on acuity assessment, triage, to recognize critically ill patients that need urgent treatment, and to allocate resources according to need. The accuracy of commonly used triage instruments such as the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is lower for older adults compared to young patients. We aim to examine, whether adjusting the triage category by age leads to improvement in sensitivity without excessive increase in patient numbers in the higher triage categories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccuracy of Emergency Severity Index in older adults.
Eur J Emerg Med
June 2022
Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki Meilahden tornisairaala, Helsinki.
Background And Importance: Emergency Severity Index is a five-level triage tool in the emergency department that predicts the need for emergency department resources and the degree of emergency. However, it is unknown whether this is valid in patients aged greater than or equal to 65 years.
Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index triage system between emergency department patients aged 18-64 and greater than or equal to 65 years.