Triage tools: a cautious (and critical) view towards their use in old patients

Mireia Puig-Campmany^{1

2

3}, Marta Blázquez-Andión^{4

5

6}, Josep Ris-Romeu^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
² Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
³ IIB Sant Pau Research, Barcelona, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
⁴ Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ IIB Sant Pau Research, Barcelona, Spain.

Editorial

Mireia Puig-Campmany et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;13(2):319-322.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00572-7.

Mireia Puig-Campmany^{1

2

3}, Marta Blázquez-Andión^{4

5

6}, Josep Ris-Romeu^{4

5

6}

¹ Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
² Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
³ IIB Sant Pau Research, Barcelona, Spain. mpuigc@santpau.cat.
⁴ Emergency Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ IIB Sant Pau Research, Barcelona, Spain.

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Mortality risk for different presenting complaints amongst older patients assessed with the Manchester triage system.
Lucke JA, Mooijaart SP, Conroy S, Blomaard LC, De Groot B, Nickel CH. Lucke JA, et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Apr;13(2):323-328. doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00568-3. Epub 2021 Sep 30. Eur Geriatr Med. 2022. PMID: 34591279

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