Evaluation of the Significance of Vital Signs in the Up-Triage of Patients Visiting Emergency Department from Emergency Severity Index Level 3 to 2

Evaluation of the Significance of Vital Signs in the Up-Triage of Patients Visiting Emergency Department from Emergency Severity Index Level 3 to 2

The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level triage system that has shown promising reliability and validity. According to ESI algorithm, in the presence of danger zone respiratory rate (RR), heart rate (HR) or Oxygen (O2) saturation, patients should be up-triaged from ESI level 3 to 2 Hence,...

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Main Authors: Hooman Hossein Nejad, Mohsen Banaie, Seyed Hossein Seyedhosseini Davarani, Zahra Khazaeipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-06-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Emergency medicine
Heart rate
Oximetry
Respiratory rate
Triage
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5276

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