SynthesisBMC pediatrics2017
Reliability and validity of pediatric triage tools evaluated in Low resource settings: a systematic review.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Performance of triage systems in emergency care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
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- Identifying barriers and facilitators to implementing triage systems in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness of a structured triage system in improving timeliness of emergency care in a resource-limited rural hospital in Uganda.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Risk stratification of childhood infection using host markers of immune and endothelial activation in Asia (Spot Sepsis): a multi-country, prospective, cohort study.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2025Observational
- Minimum service standards assessment tool and the hospital strengthening program: a novel first step towards the quality improvement of Nepal's national hospital system.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Review
- Implementation of Smart Triage combined with a quality improvement program for children presenting to facilities in Kenya and Uganda: An interrupted time series analysis.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Triage systems in low-resource emergency care settings.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- Emergency pediatric patients and use of the pediatric assessment triangle tool (PAT): a scoping review.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Outcomes of Chengdu Pediatric Emergency Triage Criteria: A Retrospective Study of 198,628 Pediatric Patient Records.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Triage implementation in resource-limited emergency departments: sharing tools and experience from the Pacific region.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Geriatric Population Triage: The Risk of Real-Life Over- and Under-Triage in an Overcrowded ED: 4- and 5-Level Triage Systems Compared: The CREONTE (Crowding and R E Organization National TriagE) Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- External validation of an admission risk score for predicting inpatient paediatric mortality in two Kenyan public hospitals.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
- External validation of clinical severity scores to guide referral of paediatric acute respiratory infections in resource-limited primary care settings.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Awareness, and Understanding of Pediatric Triage Among Nursing Officers in India: A Multicenter Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of Smart Triage, a data-driven pediatric sepsis triage platform in Eastern Uganda.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Defining the role of host biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of the severity of childhood pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the high burden of pediatric mortality from preventable conditions in low and middle income countries and the existence of multiple tools to prioritize critically ill children in low-resource settings, no analysis exists of the reliability and validity of these tools in identifying critically ill children in these scenarios.
methodsThe authors performed a systematic search of the peer-reviewed literature published, for studies pertaining to for triage and IMCI in low and middle-income countries in English language, from January 01, 2000 to October 22, 2013. An updated literature search was performed on on July 1, 2015. The databases searched included the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Medline, PubMed and Web of Science. Only studies that presented data on the reliability and validity evaluations of triage tool were included in this review. Two independent reviewers utilized a data abstraction tool to collect data on demographics, triage tool components and the reliability and validity data and summary findings for each triage tool assessed.
resultsOf the 4,717 studies searched, seven studies evaluating triage tools and 10 studies evaluating IMCI were included. There were wide varieties in method for assessing reliability and validity, with different settings, outcome metrics and statistical methods.
conclusionsStudies evaluating triage tools for pediatric patients in low and middle income countries are scarce. Furthermore the methodology utilized in the conduct of these studies varies greatly and does not allow for the comparison of tools across study sites.
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