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Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the final outcome
OBJECTIVE: to relate complaints presented by emergency room patients, classified using the Manchester Triage System, with the final outcome (discharge/death/transfer). METHODS: prospective cohort study, involving 509 patients who were admitted to the emergency room and remained there for more than 2...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26444159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0227.2592 |
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author | Guedes, Helisamara Mota Souza, Kesia Meiriele Lima, Patrícia de Oliveira Martins, José Carlos Amado Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado |
author_facet | Guedes, Helisamara Mota Souza, Kesia Meiriele Lima, Patrícia de Oliveira Martins, José Carlos Amado Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado |
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description | OBJECTIVE: to relate complaints presented by emergency room patients, classified using the Manchester Triage System, with the final outcome (discharge/death/transfer). METHODS: prospective cohort study, involving 509 patients who were admitted to the emergency room and remained there for more than 24 hours after admission, being monitored to the final outcome. Data were analyzed with a statistical program using descriptive and analytical statistics. RESULTS: the mean age of the patients was 59.1 years and 59.3% were male. The main complaints were unwell adult (130 - 22.5%), shortness of breath in adults (81 - 14.0%), abdominal pain in adults (58 - 10.0%) and behaving strangely (34 - 5.9%), with 87% of the patients being discharged. More deaths were found in the patients classified in the severe colors, with 42.8% classified as red, 17.0% as orange and 8.9% as yellow. Among the patients classified as green, 9.6% died. CONCLUSION: in the various colors of the Manchester Triage System, death prevailed in patients that presented the complaints of unwell adult, shortness of breath, head injury, major trauma, diarrhea and vomiting. The higher the clinical priority the greater the prevalence of death. |
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spelling | pubmed-46237202015-11-06 Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the final outcome Guedes, Helisamara Mota Souza, Kesia Meiriele Lima, Patrícia de Oliveira Martins, José Carlos Amado Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Articles OBJECTIVE: to relate complaints presented by emergency room patients, classified using the Manchester Triage System, with the final outcome (discharge/death/transfer). METHODS: prospective cohort study, involving 509 patients who were admitted to the emergency room and remained there for more than 24 hours after admission, being monitored to the final outcome. Data were analyzed with a statistical program using descriptive and analytical statistics. RESULTS: the mean age of the patients was 59.1 years and 59.3% were male. The main complaints were unwell adult (130 - 22.5%), shortness of breath in adults (81 - 14.0%), abdominal pain in adults (58 - 10.0%) and behaving strangely (34 - 5.9%), with 87% of the patients being discharged. More deaths were found in the patients classified in the severe colors, with 42.8% classified as red, 17.0% as orange and 8.9% as yellow. Among the patients classified as green, 9.6% died. CONCLUSION: in the various colors of the Manchester Triage System, death prevailed in patients that presented the complaints of unwell adult, shortness of breath, head injury, major trauma, diarrhea and vomiting. The higher the clinical priority the greater the prevalence of death. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4623720/ /pubmed/26444159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0227.2592 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Guedes, Helisamara Mota Souza, Kesia Meiriele Lima, Patrícia de Oliveira Martins, José Carlos Amado Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the final outcome |
title | Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome
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title_full | Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome
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title_fullStr | Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome
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title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome
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title_short | Relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome
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title_sort | relationship between complaints presented by emergency patients and the
final outcome |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26444159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0227.2592 |
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