‘Down-triage for children with abnormal vital signs: evaluation of a new triage practice at a paediatric emergency department in Japan

Objective

Assessment of abnormal vital signs in triage is a challenge in the paediatric emergency department (PED), since vital signs may reflect anxiety, fever or pain rather than the clinical deterioration of the child. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of subjective ‘down-triage’ (change of the initially determined acuity levels) of Japanese Triage and Acuity Scale (JTAS).

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of patients in PED…
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