2022, Number 1
Triage in the emergency service at the Hospital del Sur de Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page:
PDF size: 717.25 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The Triage method of classification, selection and evaluation used in emergency areas, allows patients to be ordered according to the pathology prioritizing its severity and life-threatening situation.Objective: To analyze the triage in patients who arrive at the Emergency Area of the Specialty Hospital del Sur Delfina Torres de Concha.
Methodology: A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study was carried out to analyze the triage process of the emergency service at the Hospital del Sur de Esmeraldas. For this, we worked with a population of 235 users who attended the emergency service during the months of February and March 2021, framed in the inclusion criteria such as belonging to the adult stage >18 years. The variables studied were age, sex, symptoms, diseases and triage levels: I. Red Color-Immediate Atten-tion; II. Orange Color-Very Urgent; and III. Yellow Color-Urgent.
Results: The study population was made up of 62.12% female and 37.87% male, the most frequent ages were that of the groups of 36 to 45 years with 49.78%. Among the main symptoms, headache appears (39.57%) and the most frequent disease was arterial hypertension (37.02%). Regarding the classification, it was obtained that almost half of the users were classified between the colors red and orange.
Conclusions: The users who were treated in the emergency room presented pathologies such as arterial hypertension, with symptoms of headache and almost half of them were classified in the colors red and orange.
REFERENCES
Velázquez-Guzmán MA, Morales-Hernández AE, Fonseca-Carrillo I, Brugada-Yáñez A. Correlación clínica del triage con el diagnóstico clínico de ingreso y egreso realizado en los pacientes que acuden al servicio médico de urgencias de un hospital privado. Med interna Méx [Internet]. 2017 Jul-Ago [citado 09 Jun 2022];33(4):466-475. Disponible en: https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0186-48662017000400466
Gómez Jiménez J. Urgencia, gravedad y complejidad: un constructo teórico de la urgencia basado en el Triaje estructurado. Emergencias [Internet]. 2006 [citado 09 Jun 2022];18(3):156-164. Dispo-nible en: http://emergencias.portalsemes.org/descargar/urgencia-gravedad-y-complejidad-un-constructo-teorico-de-la-urgencia-basado-en-el-triaje-estructurado/
Hernández Ruipérez T, Leal Costa C, Adánez Martínez MG, García Pérez B, Nova López D, Díaz Agea JL. Evidencias de validez del sistema de triage Emergency Severity Index en un servicio de ur-gencias de un hospital general. Emergencias [Internet]. 2015 [citado 09 Jun 2022];27:301-306. Dis-ponible en: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5381863&orden=0&info=link
Velázquez-Guzmán MA, Morales-Hernández AE, Fonseca-Carrillo I, Brugada-Yáñez A. Correlaciónclínica del triage con el diagnóstico clínico de ingreso y egreso realizado en los pacientes que acuden al servicio médico de urgencias de un hospital privado. Med interna Méx [Internet]. 2017 Jul-Ago [citado 26 Ene 2022];33(4):466-475. Disponible en: https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0186-48662017000400466
Taype-Huamaní WA, De-La-Cruz-Rojas LA, Amado Tineo JP. Impacto del triaje estructurado en el hacinamiento del servicio de emergencia de un hospital terciario. Rev Cuerpo Med HNAAA [Internet]. 2021 [citado 16 Nov 2022];14(4):491-495. Disponible en: http://www.scielo.org.pe/pdf/rcmhnaaa/v14n4/2227-4731-rcmhnaaa-14-04-491.pdf
Flores-González E, Espinoza-Charriera P, González-Trujillo C, Hernández-Rivas S, Barría-Pailaquilen RM. Eficiencia del sistema de triaje en un servicio de emergencia hospitalario. CuidArte [Internet]. 2020 Ago [citado 09 Jun 2022];9(18):46-54. Disponible en: https://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/cuidarte/cui-2020/cui2018e.pdf