Validation of the Canadian Pediatric Triage and Acuity Scale in the Emergency Department of a pediatric hospital in Argentina.
Introduction. Overcrowding in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) affects the quality of care. Triage is a strategy for optimizing this situation. Although validated systems exist, few have been validated in Latin America. This study evaluates the validity of the CPTAS (Canadian Pediatric Triage and Acuity Scale), a...