Clinical use of the manchester triage system in patients with dizziness - An observational study in the emergency department
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INTRODUCTION: Dizziness is a common symptom with diverse causes, including ear-nose-throat, internal, neurological, or psychiatric origins. While for most parts treatable in nonemergency settings, it can also signal time-critical conditions, like an unnoticed stroke, requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent lasting harm or death. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of the Manchester Triage System in classifying patients presenting with dizziness based on final diagnoses and patient outcomes, as no specific flow chart exists for this symptom in the MTS.
METHODS: Monocentric, retrospective observational study. To test the validity of the MTS in the triage of dizziness patients, the treatment level was used as a surrogate parameter. We grouped the patients into outpatient, normal ward and intermediate care/intensive care unit (IMC/ICU) patients. Furthermore, we analyzed the dizziness patients in subgroups based on the origin of their dizziness to identify potential improvements for the MTS. Patients with dizziness and stroke, who represent the most vulnerable group of dizziness patients, were also evaluated separately.
RESULTS: During the observation period, 2958 patients presented at the ED with the symptom dizziness and 52 017 without, who formed the reference group. When examining the relationship between triage level and subsequent treatment level, a larger deviation is observed compared to the reference group. The receiver operating characteristics (ROC) regarding hospital admission in general showed an area under the curve (AUC) in the subgroup with dizziness due to a central nervous system causes (n=838) of 0.69 (95% CI 0.65 - 0.72) and in the subgroup of dizziness by other organic cause (n=901), an AUC of 0.64 (95% CI 0.60 - 0.68). The reference group had an AUC 0.75 (95% CI 0.75 - 0.76) here. In relation to admission to IMC/ICU, the results were similar. The sensitivity of the MTS in terms of an adequate initial assessment of dizziness patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) was 0.39, the specificity was 0.91 (reference group sensitivity 0.72, specificity 0.82).
CONCLUSION: In terms of construct validity, the present study revealed that the use of MTS as a priority triage assessment tool was found to be less accurate in emergency patients with dizziness, particularly those diagnosed with stroke/TIA, when compared to other emergency patients.
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International emergency nursing - 73(2024) vom: 07. März, Seite 101403 |
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| 520 | |a INTRODUCTION: Dizziness is a common symptom with diverse causes, including ear-nose-throat, internal, neurological, or psychiatric origins. While for most parts treatable in nonemergency settings, it can also signal time-critical conditions, like an unnoticed stroke, requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent lasting harm or death. The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of the Manchester Triage System in classifying patients presenting with dizziness based on final diagnoses and patient outcomes, as no specific flow chart exists for this symptom in the MTS | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Monocentric, retrospective observational study. To test the validity of the MTS in the triage of dizziness patients, the treatment level was used as a surrogate parameter. We grouped the patients into outpatient, normal ward and intermediate care/intensive care unit (IMC/ICU) patients. Furthermore, we analyzed the dizziness patients in subgroups based on the origin of their dizziness to identify potential improvements for the MTS. Patients with dizziness and stroke, who represent the most vulnerable group of dizziness patients, were also evaluated separately | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: During the observation period, 2958 patients presented at the ED with the symptom dizziness and 52 017 without, who formed the reference group. When examining the relationship between triage level and subsequent treatment level, a larger deviation is observed compared to the reference group. The receiver operating characteristics (ROC) regarding hospital admission in general showed an area under the curve (AUC) in the subgroup with dizziness due to a central nervous system causes (n=838) of 0.69 (95% CI 0.65 - 0.72) and in the subgroup of dizziness by other organic cause (n=901), an AUC of 0.64 (95% CI 0.60 - 0.68). The reference group had an AUC 0.75 (95% CI 0.75 - 0.76) here. In relation to admission to IMC/ICU, the results were similar. The sensitivity of the MTS in terms of an adequate initial assessment of dizziness patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) was 0.39, the specificity was 0.91 (reference group sensitivity 0.72, specificity 0.82) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: In terms of construct validity, the present study revealed that the use of MTS as a priority triage assessment tool was found to be less accurate in emergency patients with dizziness, particularly those diagnosed with stroke/TIA, when compared to other emergency patients | ||
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