Point of care technology or standard laboratory service in an emergency department: is there a difference in time to action? A randomised trial

Table 2 time to action in confirmed and rejected diagnosis

condition	diagnosis	group	number	median time (minutes)	p25 (minutes)	p75 (minutes)	p-value*
Observation for deep venous thrombosis (DVT)	confirmed	Central lab.	3	313	273	344	0.14
		POCT	2	354	344	366
		difference		41
	rejected	Central lab.	16	273	166	428	0.81
		POCT	8	242	121	504
		difference		-31
Observation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS)	confirmed	Central lab.	2	1566	365	2767	0.12
		POCT	2	188	158	217
		difference		-1378
	rejected	Central lab.	21	757	422	1264	0.86
		POCT	20	853	483	1248
		difference		96
Observation for acute Appendicitis (AA)	confirmed	Central lab.	4	185	119	261	0.87
		POCT	8	214	123	309
		difference		29
	rejected	Central lab.	26	234	137	415	0.85
		POCT	19	251	171	478
		difference		17
Observation for acute bacterial infection (ABI)	confirmed	Central lab	31	399	257	972	0.02
		POCT	34	237	115	489
		difference		-162
	rejected	Central lab	12	929	247	1441	0.23
		POCT	14	281	156	743
		difference		-648

ISSN: 1757-7241