Branes Hanne, Solevåg Anne Lee, Solberg Marianne Trygg
Lovisenberg Deaconal University College, Oslo, Norway.
The Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Nurs Open. 2021 Mar;8(2):702-708. doi: 10.1002/nop2.675. Epub 2020 Nov 11.
In the paediatric emergency department (PED), it is important to correctly prioritize children for physician assessment. The pediatric early warning score (PEWS), although not a triage tool, is often used for PED triage. The scandinavian Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System-pediatric (RETTS-p) is a reliability tested triage tool. We aimed to compare PEWS and RETTS-p in a Norwegian PED.
A reliability study.
The PED nurse routinely did PEWS observations, while the principal investigator concomitantly made RETTS-p observations. Inter-tool agreement was calculated for the complete PEWS and RETTS-p and for vital signs scores, disregarding the RETTS-p emergency symptoms and signs (ESS).
Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System-pediatric assigned a higher urgency than PEWS. The inter-tool agreement between PEWS and RETTS-p was low (weighted kappa [95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.32 [0.24-0.40]]). Weighted kappa (95% CI) was 0.50 (0.41-0.59) for PEWS and RETTS-p without ESS, indicating that PEWS is not equivalent to five-level triage tools.
在儿科急诊科(PED),正确对儿童进行医生评估的优先级划分很重要。儿科早期预警评分(PEWS)虽不是分诊工具,但常用于PED分诊。斯堪的纳维亚快速急诊分诊与治疗系统 - 儿科版(RETTS - p)是一种经过可靠性测试的分诊工具。我们旨在比较挪威PED中PEWS和RETTS - p的情况。
一项可靠性研究。
PED护士常规进行PEWS观察,同时主要研究者同步进行RETTS - p观察。计算完整的PEWS和RETTS - p以及生命体征评分的工具间一致性,不考虑RETTS - p的紧急症状和体征(ESS)。
斯堪的纳维亚快速急诊分诊与治疗系统 - 儿科版分配的紧急程度高于PEWS。PEWS和RETTS - p之间的工具间一致性较低(加权kappa[95%置信区间[CI]=0.32[0.24 - 0.40]])。不考虑ESS时,PEWS和RETTS - p的加权kappa(95%CI)为0.50(0.41 - 0.59),表明PEWS不等同于五级分诊工具。