Emergency Department (ED) triage is a process of determining illness severity and accordingly assigning patient priority. The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a 5-level acuity categorization system that aides in triage. This paper compared the capabilities of predicting ESI level using ordinal logistic regression (OLR), artificial neural networks (NNs), and naïve Bayesian networks (NBNs). Data...

Background:Overcrowding in Emergency Departments is associated with poor patient outcomes and low satisfaction; overcrowding has been exacerbated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. One intervention used both H1N1 pandemic current deployment of temporary structures such as surge tents. Data on effectiveness interventions currently lacking. Methods:In this retrospective study, we assess ED length ...

BACKGROUND Triage for patients' prioritization in the emergency department is a suitable solution to decrease overcrowding. Different methods are used for prioritization that needs effectiveness evaluation. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the emergency severity index (ESI) 5-level triage system in contrast with spot check triage. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data...

BACKGROUND The goal of these analyses was to determine whether there were systematic differences in Emergency Severity Index (ESI) scores, which are intended to determine priority of treatment and anticipate resource needs, across categories of race and ethnicity, after accounting for patient-presenting vital signs and examiner characteristics, and whether these differences varied among male an...

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a major problem in the U.S. like in many other countries worldwide. This problem is adversely affecting the safety of the patients who rely on receiving a timely treatment in EDs. As a part of solving this problem, a triage process is utilized. Triage is a pre-hospital process by which patients are sorted according to the severity of their illnesses or inju...

a c b s v c t s o The use of triage protocols in urgency and emergency services is a key strategy for the rapid treatment of the patient with severe clinical condition. The urgency categorization and waiting time definition are considered quality indicators in patient care, especially in situations when there is a large volume of patients. Emergency service triage is a relatively recent phenome...