Impact of Pain Assessment on Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale Prediction of Patient Outcomes

• Published in: Annals of emergency medicine Vol. 79; no. 5; pp. 433 - 440
• Main Authors: Davis, Seth, Ju, Chelsey, Marchandise, Philippe, Diagne, Magueye, Grant, Lars
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2022

How does the removal of patient-reported pain from the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale (CTAS) affect the scale’s ability to predict admission, ICU consultation, and mortality? Retrospective observational cohort study of all adult visits to a tertiary emergency department. The standard CTAS algorithm co...