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Table 4 Agreement between the EMS field assessment and the final diagnosis

From: The performance of the EMS triage (RETTS-p) and the agreement between the field assessment and final hospital diagnosis: a prospective observational study among children < 16 years

 

EMS field assessment (n = 412)1

A. A defined final diagnosis classified as life threatening

n = 13

1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final diagnosis

5 (38.5)

2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final diagnosis

1 (7.7)

3. Typical symptoms related to the final diagnosis

7 (53.8)

4. Atypical symptoms related to the final diagnosis

0

5. More unusual symptoms related to the final diagnosis

0

6. Field assessment as a non-specified organ system

0

B. A defined final diagnosis not classified as life threatening

n = 320

1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final diagnosis

142 (44.4)

2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final diagnosis

25 (7.8)

3. Typical symptoms related to the final diagnosis

120 (37.5)

4. Atypical symptoms related to the final diagnosis

13 (4.1)

5. More unusual symptoms related to the final diagnosis

14 (4.4)

6. Field assessment as a non-specified organ system

6 (1.9)

C. The final diagnosis is expressed as a symptom

n = 70

1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final symptom

2 (2.9)

2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final symptom

5 (7.1)

3. Field symptom and the final symptom are in agreement

49 (70.0)

4. Field symptom and the final symptom are not in agreement

7 (10.0)

5. Field assessment as a non-specified organ system

7 (10.0)

D. The final diagnosis is described as a non-specific assessement

n = 9

1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the symptom

2 (22.2)

2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the symptom

2 (22.2)

3. Field symptom is in agreement with the final assessment

2 (22.2)

4. Field symptom and final assessment are not in agreement

3 (33.3)

5. Field assessment presented as a non-specified organ system

0

  1. 1 Total number of final in-hospital diagnoses in 454 patients