Yonsei medical journal
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Yonsei medical journal · Dec 2021
Multicenter Study Observational StudyModification and Validation of a Complaint-Oriented Emergency Department Triage System: A Multicenter Observational Study.
The objective of this study was to modify and validate an emergency department (ED) triage system with improved prediction performance on hospital outcomes by modifying the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS). ⋯ MKTAS was derived by modifying the KTAS, and then validated. Compared with KTAS, MKTAS showed better discriminating ability to predict hospital outcomes. Continuous efforts to evaluate and modify widely used triage systems are required to improve their performance.