Categorizing Urgency of Infant Emergency Department Visits: Agreement between Criteria

Abstract

The explicit criteria and resources methods best approximate implicit criteria in classifying ED visit urgency in infants younger than six months of age. If confirmed in further studies, resources utilized has the potential to be an inexpensive, easily applicable method for urgency classification of infant ED visits when limited data are available.

Caregiver Low Health Literacy and Nonurgent Use of the Pediatric Emergency Department for Febrile Illness

“…16,17 The RAs performed a blinded chart review to determine the resources used during the ED visit. Visits were considered urgent if the child utilized any diagnostic testing (excluded rapid strep and viral antigen swabs), radiologic studies, administration of IV fluids, or provision of any medication (excluding oral antibiotics and over-the-counter medications).…”

Socio‐economic composition of low‐acuity paediatric presentation at a regional hospital emergency department

“…The aim of emergency departments (EDs) is to provide immediate care and treatment for urgent illnesses . However, the use of EDs for low‐acuity presentations has increased .…”

Emergency Department Poisoning Visits in Children Younger Than 6 Years

“…As defined, the implicit criteria method involves review of a complete medical record for urgency assessment. 7,8 However, in the present study, this method was modified by truncation of the complete ED record to a constructed set of triage variables prepared for the expert reviewers to determine if, on the basis of the triage variables alone, ED evaluation was warranted. Review of the entire medical record including interventions required and disposition after ED evaluation would have provided the most accurate determination of medical appropriateness, but the study was designed to reproduce the experience and evaluate the appropriateness of telephone triage of a PCC.…”