Table 2.
Hospital information
| Hospital | Country (code) | n | Annual PED visits | Type | Setting | Responsible specialist | Triage system | NICE recommendations on measurement of vital signs in use? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby | Denmark (DK) | 24 | 5000 | Academic | Mixed | Paediatrician | Local/national | Yesa |
| Hopital Antoine Béclère, Paris | France (FR) | 53 | 25,000 | Academic | Inner city | U | U | Yesa |
| Hôpital Mère-Enfant, Nantes | 118 | > 25,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | Local/national | ||
| Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris | 285 | 66,000 | Academic | Inner city | PEM specialist | Local/national | ||
| Hopital Robert Debre, Paris | 384 | 88,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | U | ||
| Roger Salengro Hospital, Lille | 86 | 25,000 | Teaching | Inner city | PEM specialist | MTS | ||
| Heim Pal Children’s Hospital, Budapest | Hungary (HU) | 111 | 30,000 | Teaching | Mixed | Paediatrician | CTAS | Yesa |
| Meyer University Children’s Hospital, Florence | Italy (IT) | 160 | 42,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | Local/national | Yesb |
| Ospedale dei Bambini, Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili, Brescia | 182 | 36,500 | Academic | Mixed | Paediatrician | Local/national | ||
| University Hospital, Padova | 104 | 25,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | Local/national | ||
| ErasmusMC—Sophia, Rotterdam | The Netherlands (NL) | 60 | 4000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | MTS | Yesb |
| Flevoziekenhuis, Almere | 19 | 5000 | Teaching | Mixed | Paediatrician | MTS | ||
| Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam | 28 | 3500 | Teaching | Inner city | Paediatrician | MTS | ||
| Reinier de Graaf, Delft | 29 | 2643 | Teaching | Mixed | Paediatrician | MTS | ||
| Sint Franciscus Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam | 25 | 2700 | Teaching | Inner city | Paediatrician | MTS | ||
| Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria | Portugal (PT) | 201 | 46,000 | Teaching | Mixed | Paediatrician | Local/national | Yesb |
| Lisbon Medical Academic Center (Hospital de Santa Maria), Lisboa | 282 | 50,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | Local/national | ||
| Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra | 215 | 60,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | CTAS | ||
| Emergency Children’s Hospital, Cluj-Napoca | Romania (RO) | 168 | 9400 | Teaching | Rural | Paediatrician or PEM | ESI | Yesb |
| Tirgu Mures Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Tirgu Mures | 114 | 16,000 | Academic | Inner city | Paediatrician | ESI | ||
| Cruces University Hospital Bilbao, Basque country | Spain (ES) | 230 | 53,000 | Academic | Inner city | PEM specialist | CTAS | No |
| Hospital de Mendaro, Mendaro (Guipúzcua) | 60 | 7160 | Non-teaching | Rural | U | U | ||
| Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid | 248 | 24,000 | Teaching | Mixed | PEM specialist | PAT | ||
| San Agustín University Hospital, Linares, Jaén | 93 | U | Teaching | Mixed | Paediatrician | U | ||
| University Hospital, Geneva | Switzerland (CH) | 230 | 25,500 | Academic | Inner city | PEM specialist | CTAS | Yesa |
| Children’s Hospital of Zurich, Zurich | 198 | 37,000 | Academic | Inner city | Emergency physician | ATS | ||
| Cukurova University Medical Faculty Balcali Hospital, Adana | Turkey (TK) | 708 | 20,000 | Academic | Mixed | PEM specialist | None | Yesb |
| St Mary’s Hospital, London | United Kingdom (UK) | 145 | 27,000 | Academic | Inner city | PEM specialist | MTS | Yesb |
aRecommended in local triage or ED guideline
bRecommended in NICE or NICE-based fever guideline
PED, paediatric emergency department; PEM, paediatric emergency medicine; U, unknown; MTS, Manchester triage system; CTAS, Canadian triage and acuity scale; ESI, emergency severity index; PAT, pediatric assessment triangle; ATS, Australasian triage scale