Mendoza CG, Elguero PE

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 96-98
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the sensitivity on Clinical-made triage in Lic. Adolfo López Mateos Regional Hospital Emergency Department. Material and methods: A prospective, transversal and clinical study was made, including patients of 18 years and older, who came to the emergency department, asking for care, and were attended by the Triage Doctor. The sample was of 380 patients and all of them were aleatorized, 3 color system was used and, before their definitive medical approach was given, the color was reassigned, making a comparison with the first one, to determine the diagnostic sensibility. Results: From the 380 patients initially sorted in the triage area, 249 were green, 105 yellow, and 26 red. During the approaching or at the end of it, the sort of real green was 188, yellow 135 and red 57, 151 patients were misdiagnosed at the end of their care. The global sensitivity was of 60.2. The sensitivity for the red color was 73.07, 40.9 for yellow color and 67.06 for green color. Conclusions: 1. the triage sensitivity in Adolfo López Mateos Regional Hospital Emergency Department was 60.2 2. Sensitivity for the real emergency was found better than the media and minor. 5. More studies are required considering the sorters and the medical units as a variable.

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