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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Abnormal vital signs are strong predictors for intensive care unit admission and in-hospital mortality in adults triaged in the emergency department - a prospective cohort study

 

ICU admission

In-hospital mortality

 

Missing

 

ICU

no ICU

Dead

Alive

Total

of total

All patients

102

6177

107

6172

6279

 

Categorical Covariates

      

Gender

      

   Male

57 (55.9)

2974 (48.1)

56 (52.3)

2975 (48.2)

3031 (48.3)

0 (0)

   Female

45 (44.1)

3203 (51.9)

51 (47.7)

3197 (51.8)

3248 (51.7)

 

Tfinal

      

   Red

30 (29.4)

248 (4.0)

31 (29.0)

247 (4.0)

278 (4.4)

0 (0)

   Orange

40 (39.2)

1544 (25.0)

36 (33.6)

1548 (25.1)

1584 (25.2)

 

   Yellow

26 (25.5)

2401 (38.9)

30 (28.0)

2397 (38.8)

2427 (38.7)

 

   Green

6 (5.9)

1984 (32.1)

10 (9.3)

1980 (32.1)

1990 (31.7)

 

SpO2 (%)

      

   95-100

69 (73.4)

5440 (90.8)

64 (65.3)

5445 (90.9)

5509 (87.7)

191 (3.0)

   90-94

13 (13.8)

429 (7.2)

19 (19.4)

423 (7.1)

442 (7.0)

 

   80-89

11 (11.7)

108 (1.8)

12 (12.2)

107 (1.8)

119 (1.9)

 

   < 80

1 (1.1)

17 (0.3)

3 (3.1)

15 (0.3)

18 (0.3)

 

RR (min-1)

      

   > 35

3 (3.4)

35 (0.6)

4 (4.4)

34 (0.6)

38 (0.6)

785 (12.5)

   31-35

4 (4.6)

49 (0.9)

6 (6.6)

47 (0.9)

53 (0.8)

 

   26-30

11 (12.6)

204 (3.8)

12 (13.2)

203 (3.8)

215 (3.4)

 

   8-25

68 (78.2)

5119 (94.7)

69 (75.8)

5118 (94.7)

5187 (82.6)

 

   < 8

1 (1.1)

  

1 (0.0)

1 (0.0)

 

BP (mmHg)

      

   90-

93 (97.9)

6008 (99.1)

93 (90.3)

6008 (99.2)

6101 (97.2)

120 (1.9)

   80-89

2 (2.1)

36 (0.6)

6 (5.8)

32 (0.5)

38 (0.6)

 

   < 80

0 (0.0)

20 (0.3)

4 (3.9)

16 (0.3)

20 (0.3)

 

HR (min-1)

      

   > 130

9 (9.6)

111 (1.8)

4 (3.9)

116 (1.9)

120 (1.9)

126 (2.0)

   121-130

12 (12.8)

111 (1.8)

6 (5.8)

117 (1.9)

123 (2.0)

 

   111-120

11 (11.7)

261 (4.3)

7 (6.8)

265 (4.4)

272 (4.3)

 

   50-110

60 (63.8)

5510 (90.9)

83 (80.6)

5487 (90.7)

5570 (88.7)

 

   40-49

1 (1.1)

56 (0.9)

2 (1.9)

55 (0.9)

57 (0.9)

 

   < 40

1 (1.1)

10 (0.2)

1 (1.0)

10 (0.2)

11 (0.2)

 

GCS

      

   15

65 (73.0)

5472 (93.3)

63 (67.0)

5474 (93.4)

5537 (88.2)

327 (5.2)

   14

9 (10.1)

209 (3.6)

10 (10.6)

208 (3.6)

218 (3.5)

 

   9-13

5 (5.6)

136 (2.3)

7 (7.4)

134 (2.3)

141 (2.2)

 

   ≤ 8

10 (11.2)

46 (0.8)

14 (14.9)

42 (0.7)

56 (0.9)

 

Admission day

      

   weekend

24 (25.3)

1416 (23.9)

21 (20.6)

1419 (23.9)

1440 (22.9)

247 (3.9)

   weekday

71 (74.7)

4521 (76.1)

81 (79.4)

4511 (76.1)

4592 (73.1)

 

Admission time

      

   day

41 (43.2)

3163 (53.3)

61 (59.8)

3143 (53.0)

3204 (51.0)

247 (3.9)

   evening

33 (34.7)

1932 (32.5)

30 (29.4)

1935 (32.6)

1965 (31.3)

 

   night

21 (22.1)

842 (14.2)

11 (10.8)

852 (14.4)

863 (13.7)

 

Continuous covariates

      

   Age

67 (17-93)

62 (16-108)

77 (29-99)

62 (16-108)

  
  1. The table shows number of patients. The figures in parentheses are the column percentages within each categorical covariate. For continuous covariates median and range are presented
  2. ICU: intensive care unit; SpO2 : saturation of peripheral oxygen; RR: respiratory rate; BP: systolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; Admission time: day = 08.00-1559 hours; evening = 16.00-23.59 hours; night = 00.00-07.59 hours