South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Multicenter Study
Vital signs for children at triage: a multicentre validation of the revised South African Triage Scale (SATS) for children.
To validate a revised version of the paediatric South African Triage Scale (SATS) against admission as a reference standard and compare the sensitivity of triage using: (i) clinical discriminators; (ii) an age-appropriate physiological composite score; and (iii) a combination of both. ⋯ The results of this study illustrate that the revised paediatric SATS is a safe and robust triage tool.