Review Article

Are Pediatric Triage Systems Reliable in the Emergency Department?

Table 3

Pooled coefficients (CI) of pediatric triage systems based on statistics.

Triage scalesAllOnly studies with weighted kappa statisticsOnly studies with unweighted kappa statistics

ATS0.309 (0.113–0.482)0.250 (0.202–0.297)0.309 (0.113–0.482)
CTAS0.554 (0.475–0.623)0.571 (0.372–0.720)0.553 (0.471–0.627)
ESI0.822 (0.758–0.870)0.810 (0.711–0.877)0.787 (0.710–0.845)
MTS0.755 (0.522–0.883)0.755 (0.522–0.883)