Abstract: Paediatric emergency service plays a prime important role in saving paediatric lives. In India, around 1.7 million children died before reaching the age of 5 years in 2010. Appropriate and timely management of children in paediatric triages can significantly reduce the mortality and morbidity. The knowledge on triaging helps in designing protocols. A descriptive study was undertaken to assess the morbidity pattern and the management outcome of triaging children attending paediatric Emergency Services (PES) of a tertiary care Hospital, South India. Systematic sampling technique was undertaken and a sample size of 600 triage assessments were included. Instruments such as demographic profile, clinical profile and management outcome of the triaging were used............
Keywords; morbidity pattern, management outcome, triage, children
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