The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for Children; A Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation. (PERC CTAS)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00807352 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: December 11, 2008
Last Update Posted
: August 5, 2011
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Condition or disease |
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Triage Pediatrics |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 1464 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale for Children; A Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation. |
Study Start Date : | April 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2011 |
Group/Cohort |
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level 2
Patients triaged level 2
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level 3
patients triaged level 3
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level 4
patients triaged level 4
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level 5
patients triaged level 5
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- The inter-rater agreement between the two nurses measured by the weighted Kappa score [ Time Frame: 15 minutes ]
- The correlation between triage level and the hospitalisation rate [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
- The correlation between triage level and admission to the intensive care unit [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
- The correlation between triage level and length of stay in the ED after being seen by a physician [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
- The correlation between triage level and resources use [ Time Frame: 1 day ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Every patient younger than 18 years old that presents to the ED will be eligible except for those that need to go directly to the resuscitation room (triage level 1)
Exclusion Criteria:
- For ethical reasons, patients that need an immediate treatment will not be recruited in the study.
- Patients for whom an informed consent could not be obtained (example: insurmountable language barriers) will not be included.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00807352
Canada, Alberta | |
Alberta Children's Hospital | |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6A8 | |
Stollery Children's Hospital | |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2C8 | |
Canada, British Columbia | |
BC Children's and Women's Hospital | |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4 | |
Canada, Nova Scotia | |
IWK Heath Centre | |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3K 6R8 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario | |
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4G5 | |
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1 | |
The Hospital for Sick Children | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8 | |
Canada, Quebec | |
CHU Sainte-Justine | |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5 | |
Canada | |
Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval | |
Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G2 |
Principal Investigator: | Jocelyn Gravel, MD | St. Justine's Hospital |
Publications:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSC, CHU Sainte-Justine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00807352 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PERC CTAS Grant No. XG09-049R |
First Posted: | December 11, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 5, 2011 |
Last Verified: | July 2011 |
Keywords provided by St. Justine's Hospital:
Triage Pediatrics Emergency Department |