Manchester Triage System: assessment in an emergency hospital service

• Autor(a) principal: Jesus,Ana Paula Santos de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Okuno,Meiry Fernanda Pinto, Campanharo,Cassia Regina Vancini, Lopes,Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira, Batista,Ruth Ester Assayag
• 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=S0034-71672021000300175
• topic: Triage; Emergency Service, Hospital; Emergency Nursing; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Vital Signs

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze demographic data, clinical profile and outcomes of patients in emergency services according to Manchester Triage System’s priority level. Methods: a cross-sectional, analytical study, carried out with 3,624 medical records. For statistical analysis, the Chi-Square Test was used. Results: white individuals were more advanced in age. In the red and white categories, there was a higher percentage of men when compared to women (p=0.0018) and higher prevalence of personal history. Yellow priority patients had higher percentage of pain (p<0.0001). Those in red category had a higher frequency of altered vital signs, external causes, and death outcome. There was a higher percentage of exams performed and hospitalization in the orange category. Blue priority patients had a higher percentage of non-specific complaints and dismissal after risk stratification. Conclusions: a higher percentage of altered vital signs, number of tests performed, hospitalization and death were evidenced in Manchester protocol’s high priority categories.