Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5651369 | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
Relatively few patients met steps 1 to 3 triage criteria. For individuals who did not have steps 1 to 3 criteria, nearly 30% had anticoagulant or antiplatelet use. A relatively high proportion of these patients had intracranial hemorrhage, but a much smaller proportion died or had neurosurgery during hospitalization. Use of steps 1 to 3 triage criteria alone is not sufficient in identifying intracranial hemorrhage and death or neurosurgery in this patient population. The additional criterion of anticoagulant or antiplatelet use improves the sensitivity of the instrument, with only a modest decrease in specificity.
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Authors
Daniel K. MD, MAS, Samuel D. BS, Trent RN, Ric RN, Troy EMT-P, BA, Adam EMT-P, BA, Andrew R. MD, Roel D. MD, Calvin MBE, James MD, Jeneita M. MD, Mark PhD, MA, David R. MD, Hernando MD, James F. MD, MPH, Dustin W. MD,