2016
DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.jnms.3.1.1
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Validity of the emergency severity index in predicting patient outcomes in a major emergency department

Abstract: Background and Purpose: The emergency severity index (ESI) triage system has been recommended by the Ministry of Health to classify patients at emergency departments. This study aimed to assess the validity of ESI system (version 4) in the emergency department of a teaching hospital. Outcome measures were hospitalization, emergency department (ED) length of stay, resource consumption, in-hospital mortality, and patient service costs. Methods:In this retrospective cross-sectional study, medical records of 562 E… Show more

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“…Because the number of patients and their severity contribute to the workload of physicians during handoff, we calculated the patient-related workload using the Estimated Severity Index (ESI). ESI is the most commonly adopted and validated triage acuity system in the United States (Arya et al, 2013; Pourasghar et al, 2016). It ranges from 1 to 5, where Levels 1 and 2 are distinguished by instability of vital signs or severity of presenting complaint, while Levels 3, 4, and 5 are considered less acute and require fewer resources during the care period.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because the number of patients and their severity contribute to the workload of physicians during handoff, we calculated the patient-related workload using the Estimated Severity Index (ESI). ESI is the most commonly adopted and validated triage acuity system in the United States (Arya et al, 2013; Pourasghar et al, 2016). It ranges from 1 to 5, where Levels 1 and 2 are distinguished by instability of vital signs or severity of presenting complaint, while Levels 3, 4, and 5 are considered less acute and require fewer resources during the care period.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The template consisted of fields to note contextual variables such as location of handoff, number of clinicians involved in the handoff, number of clinicians present in the physician’s workstation, total number of patients in the pod, number of patients assigned to the physician, their ESI, and pending medication, lab, and imaging orders for each patient. ESI is the most commonly adopted and validated triage acuity system used to classify patients in the United States (Pourasghar et al, 2016). It ranges from 1 to 5, where Levels 1 and 2 are distinguished by instability of vital signs or severity of presenting complaint, while Levels 3–5 are considered less acute and requiring fewer resources during the care period (Benda et al, 2018).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An ETS benefits a government hospital by decreasing and organizing the crowding. 6 It is important to note that, to the authors' knowledge, none of the hospitals that currently adopt the use of ETSs mandate its use by the hospital staff. Thus, this leaves the decision to use the tool depends entirely on the users.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%