Racial Differences in Triage for Emergency Department Patients with Subjective Chief Complaints

In this study we aimed to determine whether these effects are more pronounced for patients with subjective complaints.Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis for all adult visits between 2016-2019 at an urban academic emergency department (ED) with acuity-based pods. We determined rates of initial high-acuity triage both across all patients and among the subset located in the high-acuity pod at time of disposition (either through initial assignment or subsequent up-triage). Analysis was performed for common chief complaints categorized as subjective (chest pain, dyspnea, any pain); observed (altered mental status); numeric (fever, hypotension); or protocolized (stroke, ST-elevation myocardial infarction). We constructed logistic regression...
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research