title: [Triage at the Emergency Department: association between triage levels and patient outcome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identify association between sociodemographic, clinical and triage categories with protocol outcomes developed at Hospital São Paulo (HSP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cohort study conducted with patients older than 18 years submitted to the triage protocol in August 2012. Logistic regression was used to associate the risk categories to outcomes (p-value ≤0,05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Men with older age and those treated in clinical specialties had higher rates of hospitalization and death. Patients in the high-priority group had hospitalization and mortality rates five and 10.6 times, respectively (p < 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high-priority group experienced higher hospitalization and mortality rates. The protocol was able to detect patients with more urgent conditions and to identify risk factors for hospitalization and death.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Barros
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Meiry Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cassia Regina Vancini
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Campanharo
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dulce Aparecida
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth Ester Assayag
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Batista
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014218:Triage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*