Avaliação de sinais vitais segundo o sistema de triagem de Manchester: concordância de especialistas

Abstract

Objective: to assess expert agreement on the need to measure vital signs and additional data based on the discriminators of Manchester triage system. Method: analytical cross-sectional study conducted in 2012 at the School of Nursing of Minas Gerais Federal University. Participants were three experts selected on predefined criteria, who analyzed the discriminators of the Manchester protocol. Data were analyzed by SPSS (version 17.0) using the Kappa index. The study was approved by COEP-UFMG (CAAE 0430.0.203.000-11). Results: excellent agreement (0.89-0.90) was found between raters and gold standard with regard to the need to measure at least one critical datum. On three (75%) of the four types of vital sign data, agreement between raters was excellent (0.85-1.00) and, on respiratory frequency, agreement between raters was good (0.72-0.79). Conclusion: disagreements on the need to measure vital signs related to discriminators for assessment of respiratory function, which points to the need to review these terms.