Paed Child Healt Can
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Paed Child Healt Can · Apr 2006
High rate of missing vital signs data at triage in a paediatric emergency department.
Vital signs measurement is considered standard practice in paediatric emergency department triage assessment, but studies have shown variable incidence of missing data. ⋯ There was a high rate of missing data for vital signs. Factors related to patients' clinical characteristics, such as acuity of triage level, were associated with a higher rate of vital signs documentation at triage. An environmental factor, shift of presentation, was also independently associated with a higher rate.