A New Quantitative Triage System for Hospitalized Neonates to Assist with Decisions of Hospital Evacuation Priorities.

Kazunori ImaiTomoko SuzukiSatoko FukayaYuko KarasawaYoko BandoDaisuke SawakiYuko ArakiShinji SaitohOsuke Iwata

Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2022)

Both START-Neo-R and NEXT had good reproducibility and correlation with the severity of neonates indicated by NTISS. With its well-dispersed scores across different levels, the NEXT system might be a powerful tool to determine the priority of evacuation objectively.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
emergency department
physical activity
healthcare
high resolution
preterm infants
acute care
mass spectrometry