Risk classification of children and adolescents: priority of care in the emergency unit

• Autor(a) principal: Magalhães,Fernanda Jorge
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lima,Francisca Elisângela Teixeira, Barbosa,Lorena Pinheiro, Guimarães,Fernanda Jorge, Felipe,Gilvan Ferreira, Rolim,Karla Maria Carneiro, Lima,Essyo Pedro Moreira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001600188
• topic: Child; Adolescent; Emergency; Risk; Clinical Protocols

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the clinical conditions and the risk classification of children and adolescents treated in a hospital emergency, according to the Pediatric Risk Classification Protocol. Method: cross-sectional study, with 200 participants, using an instrument based on the Pediatric Risk Classification Protocol and using odds ratio for the analysis. Results: most participants were male patients in early childhood and who were or weren’t in daycare. As for clinical conditions, most showed changes in vital (24.5%) and respiratory (20.0%) signs, most patients (57.5%) did not present pain; 35.5% were classified as urgent and 45.0% as non-urgent. There was a greater chance of being classified as very urgent (orange) when compared to non-urgent (blue). Conclusion: the protocol used contributed to an effective classification and was considered a valid and reliable health technology for determining the priority of care.