Paediatric Emergency Triage: Improving the initial assesssment of children in the emergency department using electronic health record data

This thesis aims to improve the first assessment of children presenting at the emergency department. It consists of several studies based on electronic health record data that 1) describe the performance of triage systems; 2) assess how the Manchester Triage System can be improved; 3) evaluate and develop novel predictors and tools for the triage of childre