Table 1 Categories of criteria included in published point-based triage protocols
Point-based criteria | Age | Comorbidities | Vital signs | Laboratory findings | Neurological status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pandemic | |||||
 AGILITIES Score | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ b,e | ✓1 | ✓(GCS) |
 CAT | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ b, | ✗ | ✓(ALOC) |
 Clinical dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓a,b,c,e | ✓6,8,11–16 | ✗ |
 Critical Care Disaster Resource Allocation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ a,b | ✓1,9,10 | ✗ |
 P-MEWS | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✗ | ✗ |
 STSS | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ b | ✓1 | ✓(mental status) |
 SWiFT | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✓1 | ✓(mental status) |
 XGBoost Machine Learning Algorithm | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✓6,8,10 | ✗ |
Community-acquired pneumonia | |||||
 CURB-65 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ a,b | ✓6 | ✓(mental status) |
 NHAP | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ b,c | ✗ | ✓(mental status) |
 PIRO-CAP | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓1,6 | ✗ |
 PSI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✓1,2,3,5,6,7 | ✓(mental status) |
 Severity Score for the Elderly with CAP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ a,b,c,d,e | ✓6 | ✗ |
 SMART-COP | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c | ✓1 | ✓(mental status) |
ECMO allocation strategy | |||||
 Minnesota Department of Health | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓1,9,10 | ✓(GCS) |
ICU scoring systems | |||||
 APACHE-II | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✓1,2,3,4,6,7,8 | ✓(GCS) |
 MEWS | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ a,b,c,d | ✗ | ✓(AVPU) |
 qSOFA | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ a,b | ✗ | ✓(GCS) |
 SAPS-II | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ a,c,d | ✓1,2,3,4,6,8 | ✓(GCS) |
 SOFA | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓1,9,10 | ✓(GCS) |
Sepsis | |||||
 MEDS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ b | ✓8,9 | ✓(mental status) |
ARDS | |||||
 Murray score | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓1 | ✗ |
 PaO2/FiO2 ratio | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓1 | ✗ |