Table 4 Triage agreement between nurses and ED physicians
From: Be careful with triage in emergency departments: interobserver agreement on 1,578 patients in France
Categorization conducted by physicians, at the end of the ED consultation* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Urgent, n (%) | Nonurgent, n (%) | Total, n | ||
Categorization conducted by triage nurses, after the ED admittance | Urgent | 912 (88.0) | 255 (47.0) | 1,167 |
Nonurgent | 124 (12.0) | 287 (53.0) | 411 | |
Total, n | 1,036 | 542 | 1,578 | |