Emergency department triage and COVID-19: Performance of the Interagency Integrated Triage Tool during a pandemic surge in Papua New Guinea.

Robert D MitchellCarl KingstonRayleen TefatuSarah Bornstein Mangu KendinoDuncan SengiromoJasper PoleSylvia KukBetty JosaiahLeigh EltonColin BanksSarah KörverPeter A Cameron Gerard Michael O'Reilly

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2022)

In a resource-constrained context, the tool demonstrated reasonable sensitivity to detect severe and critical COVID-19, comparable with its reported performance for other urgent conditions.

Keyphrases

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coronavirus disease
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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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