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Table 2 Physiologic variables.

From: Paramedics' and pre-hospital physicians' assessments of anatomic injury in trauma patients: a cohort study

Characteristics (unit)

Missing

data (n)

All patients

(n = 422, 100%)

Group 1:

Patients

treated by

physicians

(n = 230, 55%)

Group 2:

Patients

treated by

paramedics

(n = 190, 45%)

p-value

-

groups

1 and 2

compared

First spontaneous breathing

rate (/min)

110

16

(14-20)

16

(14-20)

18

(16-20)

nc

First systolic blood pressure

(mmHg)

18

130

(113-140)

125

(110-140)

131

(120-145)

0,003

First pulse rate (/min)

5

90

(78-105)

90

(74-104)

92

(80-108)

0,089

First GCS

8

15

(12-15)

14

(6-15)

15

(15-15)

< 0,001

First SpO 2 (%)

116

96

(94-98)

96

(91-97)

97

(95-98)

nc

  1. Median (25th-75th percentile) for all variables. Two cases were not classified into either of the groups due to missing data. nc, not calculated because of missing values.