Age in addition to RETTS triage priority substantially improves 3-day mortality prediction in emergency department patients: a multi-center cohort study

Malmer, G.; Åhlberg, R.; Svensson, P.; af Ugglas, B.; Westerlund, E.

doi:10.1186/s13049-023-01123-8

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Table 2 Chief complaint categorizations

From: Age in addition to RETTS triage priority substantially improves 3-day mortality prediction in emergency department patients: a multi-center cohort study

Chief_complaint_Analysis_level	Chief_complaint_gr_lvl1	CHIEF_complaint_eng
Abdominal or flank pain	Abdominal pain	Abdominal pain
	Abdominal pain (medical)	Abdominal pain (medical)
	Flank pain	Flank pain
Chest pain	Chest pain	Chest pain
Dyspnea	Dyspnea	Dyspnea
Dyspnea	Dyspnea	Dyspnea (surgical)
Extremity—swollen, pain	Extremity—swollen, pain	Extremity—swollen, pain
Extremity—swollen, pain	Lower leg edema	Lower leg edema
General infection or fever	Fever	Fever
General infection or fever	Infection	Infection
Head injury	Head injury	Head injury
Hip/Thigh/Femur injury	Hip/Thigh/Femur injury	Femur injury
		Hip injury
		Hip/Thigh injury
Malaise/Fatigue	Malaise/Fatigue	Malaise
Malaise/Fatigue	Malaise/Fatigue	Malaise/Fatigue
Neurological deficit	Absence attack	Absence attack
	Eye disorder	Eye disorder
	Facial palsy	Facial palsy
	Neurological deficit	Neurological deficit
	Numbness, prickling	Numbness, prickling
	Speech disorder	Speech disorder
	Stroke	Stroke
	Vision disorder	Vision disorder
	Weakness, paralysis	Weakness, paralysis
Gastro-intestinal bleeding	Blood in stool	Blood in stool
	Esophageal bleeding	Esophageal bleeding
	Gastro-intestinal bleeding	Gastro-intestinal bleeding
	Hematemesis	Hematemesis
	Melena	Melena
Others	–	–
	Abdominal injury	Abdominal injury
	Abortion complication	Abortion complication
	Abscess	Abscess
		Abscess (othopedic)
		Abscess (surgical)
	Acid or base lesion	Acid or base lesion
	Acute Stress or Crisis reaction	Acute Stress or Crisis reaction
	Acute Stress or Crisis reaction	Crisis reaction
	Addison	Addison
	Allergic reaction	Allergic reaction
	Allergic reaction	Allergy
	Anemia	Anemia
	Ankle injury	Ankle injury
	Anxiety	Anxiety
	Apnea	Apnea
	Arrhythmia	Arrhythmia
	Ascites	Ascites
	Back injury	Back injury
	Back pain	Back pain
	Blister	Blister
	Blood disease	Blood disease
	Breast feeding failure	Breast feeding failure
	Bruise	Bruise
	Burn injury	Burn injury
	Cardiac arrest	Cardiac arrest
	Chemical exposure	Chemical exposure
	Childbirth	Childbirth
	Circulatory arrest	Circulatory arrest
	Cold, pulseless extremity	Cold, pulseless extremity
	Common cold	Common cold
	Confusion	Confusion
	Confusion	Disturbed perception of reality
	Constipation	Constipation
	Cough	Cough
	Cramps	Cramps
	Decompression sickness	Decompression sickness
	Dementia	Dementia
	Deviating laboratory values	Deviating laboratory values
	Deviating laboratory values	Deviating laboratory values (medical)
	Deviating laboratory values (orthopedic)	Deviating laboratory values (orthopedic)
	Deviating laboratory values (surgical)	Deviating laboratory values (surgical)
	Diabetes	Diabetes
	Diarrhea	Diarrhea
	Direct admission	Direct admission
	Dizziness	Dizziness
	Drowning	Drowning
	Dysphagia	Dysphagia
	Dysphoria	Dysphoria
	Ear disorder	Ear disorder
	Ear injury	Ear injury
	Ear pain	Ear pain
	Eating disorder	Eating disorder
	Eczema	Eczema
	Elbow injury	Elbow injury
	Electrical injury	Electrical injury
	Examination requested by administrative authority	Examination requested by administrative authority
		Examination requested by administrative authority (medical)
		Examination requested by administrative authority (orthopedic)
		Examination requested by administrative authority (surgical)
	Eye injury	Eye injury
		Eye injury (medical)
		Eye injury (surgical)
	Facial edema/pain	Facial edema/pain
Failure to thrive	Failure to thrive
Foot injury	Foot injury
Frost bite	Frost bite
Genital injury	Genital injury
Genital organ disorder	Genital organ disorder
Genital organ disorder, female	Genital organ disorder, female
Hand injury	Hand injury
Hand/Arm injury	Hand/Arm injury
Hanging	Hanging
Headache	Headache
Health checkup	Health checkup
Hematuria	Hematuria
Hemoptysis	Hemoptysis
Hernia	Hernia
Hyperglycemia	Hyperglycemia
Hypertension	Hypertension
Hypoglycemia	Hypoglycemia
Hypotension	Hypotension
Hypothermia	Hypothermia
Immunodeficiency	Immunodeficiency
Infection in lesion or skin	Infection in lesion or skin
	Infection in lesion or skin (ort)
	Infection in lesion or skin (surgical)
Inhalation of gas or smoke	Inhalation of gas or smoke
Insufficient/exaggerated food intake	Insufficient/exaggerated food intake
Intoxication	Intoxication
Itch	Itch
Jaundice	Jaundice
	Jaundice (medical)
	Jaundice (surgical)
Joint pain	Joint pain
Joint pain	Joint pain (med)
Knee/Lower leg injury	Knee/Lower leg injury
Knee/Lower leg injury	Lower leg injury
Laboratory results	Laboratory results
Leg	Leg
Lesion	Lesion
Lesion	Lesion (surgical)
Lesion checkup	Lesion checkup
Lesion checkup	Lesion checkup (surgical)
Lesser complaint, not specified	Lesser complaint, not specified
	Lesser complaint, not specified (medical)
	Lesser complaint, not specified (orthopedic)
	Lesser complaint, not specified (surgical)
Limping child	Limping child
Localized infection	Localized infection
Loss of consciousness	Loss of consciousness
Loss of hearing	Loss of hearing
Loud behavior	Loud behavior
Lower arm injury	Lower arm injury
Lowered consciousness	Lowered consciousness
Lump	Lump
	Lump (medical)
	Lump (orthopedic)
	Lump (surgical)
Mania/hypomania	Mania/hypomania
Mastitis	Mastitis
Menstruation disorder	Menstruation disorder
Miscarriage complication	Miscarriage complication
Missing	Missing
Multiple trauma	Multiple trauma
Nausea	Nausea
Nausea/vomiting	Nausea/vomiting
Neck injury	Neck injury
Neck pain	Neck pain
Non-specific psychiatric disorder	Non-specific psychiatric disorder
Non-specific complaint	Non-specific complaint
Nose bleed	Nose bleed
Nose bleed	Nose bleed (medical)
Nose injury	Nose injury
Object in airway	Object in airway
Object in ear	Object in ear
Object in esophagus	Object in esophagus
Object in nose	Object in nose
Object in rectum	Object in rectum
Object in skin	Object in skin
	Object in skin (orthopedic)
	Object in skin (surgical)
Object in vagina	Object in vagina
Edema	Edema
Organic psychiatric disorder	Organic psychiatric disorder
Ostomy disorder	Ostomy disorder
Penis disorder	Penis disorder
Physical abuse	Physical abuse
Physical abuse certificate	Physical abuse certificate
Plaster disorder	Plaster disorder
Post-partum complication	Post-partum complication
Post-surgery complication	Post-surgery complication
Pregnancy	Pregnancy
Pregnancy disorder	Pregnancy disorder
Prescription request	Prescription request
	Prescription request (medical)
	Prescription request (orthopedic)
	Prescription request (surgical)
Probe or gastrostomy disorder	Probe or gastrostomy disorder
Pseudo croup	Pseudo croup
Psychiatric disorder	Psychiatric disorder
Psychotic symptoms	Psychotic symptoms
Rash	Exanthema
Rash	Rash
Respiratory tract infection	Respiratory tract infection
Rib cage injury	Rib cage injury
Scrotum disorder	Scrotum disorder
Self-inflicted injury	Self-inflicted injury
Serious event	Serious event (medical)
	Serious event (orthopedic)
	Serious event (surgical)
Sexual abuse	Sexual abuse
Shock	Shock
Shoulder injury	Shoulder injury
Sleeping disorder	Sleeping disorder
Snake bite	Snake bite
Social failure	Social failure
Soft tissue injury	Soft tissue injury
	Soft tissue injury(orthopedic)
	Soft tissue injury(surgical)
Sore throat	Sore throat
Sting/Bite	Sting/Bite
Sting/Bite	Sting/Bite from animal
Strangulation	Strangulation
Substance abuse	Substance abuse
Suicide risk assessment	Suicide risk assessment
Swallowed object	Swallowed object
Symptoms from anus and rectum	Symptoms from anus and rectum
Syncope	Syncope
Thorax	Thorax
Thorax/Back Injury	Thorax/Back Injury
Toe, finger injury	Toe, finger injury
Toe, finger pain	Toe, finger pain
Tooth, mouth disorder	Tooth, mouth disorder
Trauma	Trauma
Traumatic amputation	Traumatic amputation
Traumatic amputation	Traumatic amputation (orthopedic)
Tremor	Tremor
Tumor	Tumor
Twitching	Twitching
Upper arm injury	Upper arm injury
Urinary Catheter disorder	Urinary Catheter disorder
Urinary tract disorder	Urinary tract disorder
Urine retention	Urine retention
Vaccination	Vaccination
Vaginal bleeding	Vaginal bleeding
Withdrawal	Withdrawal
Worried parents	Worried parents
Wrist injury	Wrist injury
(blank)	(blank)

“chief_complaint_eng”: The stated complaint by the patient, categorized by the nurse according to hospital specific definitions, translated to English from Swedish
“chief_complaint_gr_lvl1”: “chief_complaint_eng” categorized into common chief complaints
“Chief_complaint_Analysis_level”: The Chief Complaint Categories (CCC) utilized for analysis in this study

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