ArticleFrontiers in public health2026
Risk factors for mis-triage between medical and surgical causes in emergency patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: a retrospective study.
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Objective: To analyze the current status of mis-triage between medical and surgical causes in emergency patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain, explore its influencing factors, and provide evidence-based support for optimizing emergency triage processes and improving triage accuracy. Design: This was a retrospective case-control study using data from the hospital information system and is reported in accordance with the STROBE guidelines. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted. Clinical data were obtained from electronic medical records of non-traumatic abdominal pain patients who presented to the emergency department of a tertiary hospital between January 2024 and December 2025. Based on consistency between the final diagnosis and the initial triage direction (medical vs. surgical), patients were assigned to either a correctly triaged group or a mis-triage group (including medical diseases misdirected to surgery and surgical diseases misdirected to medicine). Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify factors independently associated with mis-triage. Results: A total of 13,416 patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain were included, among whom 1,076 cases (8.02%) experienced mis-triage between medical and surgical causes. Of these, 58.10% were surgical diseases misdirected to medicine, and 41.90% were medical diseases misdirected to surgery. Multivariate logistic regression identified the following factors independently associated with mis-triage: number of accompanying symptoms ( Conclusion: A certain proportion of mis-triage occurs in emergency patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain, with surgical diseases being more frequently misdirected to medicine. A higher number of accompanying symptoms, lower pain score, triage by less experienced nurses, and presence of fever are major risk factors for triage error. It is recommended to strengthen specialized training for emergency triage nurses, develop triage support tools integrating typical symptoms with point-of-care testing, and enhance dynamic assessment for older adults with more accompanying symptoms, in order to reduce mis-triage rates and ensure patient safety.
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