Table 2 Associations between triage priority levels and major outcomes among pediatric emergency patients expressed as odds ratio (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs*)
From: A validity study of the rapid emergency Triage and treatment system for children
All patients (n = 6368) | Medicine (n = 4727) | Surgerya (n = 1209) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitalizedb (n = 3087) | Hospitalizedb (n = 2171) | Hospitalizedb (n = 717) | ||||
N (%) | OR (95% CI) | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
Green | 382 (12) | ref. | 261 (12) | ref. | 90 (13) | ref. |
Yellow | 1046 (34) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | 660 (30) | 1.5 (1.3–1.8) | 328 (46) | 2.3 (1.7–3.1) |
Orange | 1254 (41) | 3.0 (2.6–3.5) | 881 (41) | 2.8 (2.4–3.4) | 274 (38) | 3.1 (2.3–4.3) |
Red | 405 (13) | 5.0 (4.1–6.2) | 369 (17) | 5.1(4.1–6.5) | 25 (3.5) | 6.2 (2.7–14.3) |
P-trend | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Long hospital stayc,d (n = 1453) | Long hospital stayc,d (n = 1095) | Long hospital stayc,d (n = 237) | ||||
Green | 138 (10) | ref. | 107 (10) | ref. | 16 (7) | ref. |
Yellow | 424 (29) | 1.5 (1.3–1.8) | 287 (26) | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | 101 (43) | 2.0 (1.4–2.7) |
Orange | 647 (45) | 2.6 (2.2–3.0) | 470 (43) | 2.5 (2.1–3.0) | 113 (48) | 2.4 (1.7–3.3) |
Red | 561 (17) | 4.2 (3.4–5.3) | 231 (21) | 4.5 (3.6–5.8) | 7 (3) | 7.5 (2.5–22.1) |
P-trend | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
Referral to PICUe,f (n = 106) | Referral to PICUe,f (n = 92) | Referral to PICUe,f (n = 13) | ||||
Green | 3 (3) | ref. | 1 (1) | ref. | 2 (15) | ref. |
Yellow | 15 (14) | 2.4 (0.7–8.3) | 13 (14) | 6.5 (0.8–50.0) | 2 (15) | 0.5 (0.1–3.4) |
Orange | 43 (41) | 8.1 (2.5–26.3) | 35 (38) | 19.7 (2.7–144.0) | 7 (54) | 2.2 (0.5–10.4) |
Red | 45 (43) | 33.8 (10.5–109.2) | 43 (47) | 75.3 (10.3–548.5) | 2 (15) | 8.0 (1.1–58.7) |
P-trend | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.02 | |||