J Korean Soc Emerg Med.
2017 Dec;28(6):557-563. 10.0000/jksem.2017.28.6.557.
Validity of the Newly Developed Five Level Pediatric Triage System Implemented in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
- 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea. 2seonghwa@gmail.com
- KMID: 2403273
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/jksem.2017.28.6.557
Abstract
- PURPOSE
Korean Acuity and Triage Scale (KTAS) has been used nationally since 2016 for triage in emergency departments. After the newly developed triage tool was applied, there have been few studies of the validity of pediatric KTAS. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of KTAS in children under the age of 15 who visited a single children's hospital.
METHODS
This retrospective study was conducted on 7,011 pediatric patients under the age of 15 who visited a single child hospital between January 1 and December 31, 2016, the difference in the admission rate, intensive care unit admission rate, length of stay in the emergency department, and total hospital cost in emergency department were analyzed using the KTAS level.
RESULTS
The number of patients triaged as KTAS IV was highest with 48.2%. The length of stay was longest in KTAS I and shortest in KTAS V. The medical cost in emergency department was highest in KTAS I and lowest in KTAS V. All dependent variables except for the intensive care unit admission rate showed significant differences according to the KTAS level.
CONCLUSION
When the KTAS of the newly developed five level triage system was applied to pediatric patients, there were statistically significant difference in hospitalization, length of stay in emergency department, and total cost to the emergency department according to the KTAS level. Therefore, it will be necessary to evaluate the validity of KTAS through multicenter studies including hospitals with various characteristics.
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