Improving the safety of the Manchester triage system for children with congenital heart disease

This study is a prospective evaluation of the validity of a Manchester triage system (MTS) modification for detecting under-triaged pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Children with CHD visiting the emergency unit of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Universit...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of pediatrics 2022-11, Vol.181 (11), p.3831-3838
Hauptverfasser: Leeb, Franziska, Sharma, Ursula, Yeghiazaryan, Lusine, Moll, Henriëtte A., Greber-Platzer, Susanne
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Zusammenfassung:This study is a prospective evaluation of the validity of a Manchester triage system (MTS) modification for detecting under-triaged pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Children with CHD visiting the emergency unit of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Vienna in 2014 were included. The MTS modification updated the prioritization of patients with complex syndromic diseases, specific symptoms related to chronic diseases, decreased general condition (DGC), profound language impairment, unknown medical history, or special needs. A four-level outcome severity index based on diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, admission to hospital, and follow-up strategies was defined as a reference standard for the correct clinical classification of the MTS urgency level. Of the 19,264 included children, 940 had CHD. Of this group, 266 fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the modified triage method. The MTS modification was significantly more often applied in under-triaged (65.9%) than correctly or over-triaged (25%) children with CHD ( p -value χ 2 test 
ISSN:1432-1076
0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/s00431-022-04594-6