Triage and the route of care for pediatric patients in times of Covid-19, Pinar del Rio

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Keywords:

TRIAGE, CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS, PATIENT CARE, CHILD, DISEASE PREVENTION.

Abstract

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.

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Author Biography

Yatson Jesús Sánchez Cabrera, Hospital Pediátrico Provincial ¨Pepe Portilla¨, de Pinar del Río.

Jefe del Servicio de Urgencias Médicas del HPPP.

Jefe del complejo COVID-19, en la edad pediátrica en PR

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2021-05-29

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Sánchez Cabrera YJ, Márquez Batista N, Peraza Pérez AC. Triage and the route of care for pediatric patients in times of Covid-19, Pinar del Rio. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2021 May 29 [cited 2025 Aug. 23];25(3):e4959. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/4959

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