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Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río
On-line version ISSN 1561-3194
Abstract
SANCHEZ CABRERA, Yatson Jesús; MARQUEZ BATISTA, Noslen and PERAZA PEREZ, Amanda Caridad. Triage and the route of care for pediatric patients in times of Covid-19, Pinar del Rio. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.3 Epub May 01, 2021. ISSN 1561-3194.
Introduction:
in the framework of Covid-19 pandemic the structured triage is an indispensable element to prioritize and define the route of care, guaranteeing a timely assistance which could reduce the exposure of the healthcare personnel and consequently, the spreading of the disease.
Objective:
to establish recommendations for the triage and to determine the route of care for pediatric patients attending Pepe Portilla Pediatric Teaching Hospital in the context of Covid-19 pandemic.
Development:
particularities in the route of care are introduced considering the pediatric triage, structured by means of the assessment of the triangle used for pediatric evaluation; in addition to the definition for a suspected case of Covid-19, as a basic process for the preliminary-clinical-evaluation in emergency services and establishing two flows of patients: flow 1- suspected case of Covid-19 and flow 2- not suspected case of Covid-19.
Conclusions:
the recommendations described are general and each hospital, depending on its characteristics, should decide the most favorable organization to guarantee a care of quality along with the safety of inpatients and outpatients.
Keywords : TRIAGE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT CARE; CHILD; DISEASE PREVENTION.