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Table 2 Vital signs in the primary triage round

From: The formation and design of the 'Acute Admission Database'- a database including a prospective, observational cohort of 6279 patients triaged in the emergency department in a larger Danish hospital

 

Range

N

%

missing (%)

Total

 

6279

 

0 (0)

SpO2 (%)

95-100

5509

87.7

191 (3.0)

 

90-94

442

7.0

 
 

80-89

119

1.9

 
 

< 80

18

0.3

 

RR (min-1)

> 35

38

0.6

785 (12.5)

 

31-35

53

0.8

 
 

26-30

215

3.4

 
 

8-25

5187

82.6

 
 

< 8

1

0.0

 

BP (mmHg)

90-

6101

97.2

120 (1.9)

 

80-89

38

0.6

 
 

< 80

20

0.3

 

HR (min-1)

> 130

120

1.9

126 (2.0)

 

121-130

123

2.0

 
 

111-120

272

4.3

 
 

50-110

5570

88.7

 
 

40-49

57

0.9

 
 

< 40

11

0.2

 

GCS

15

5537

88.2

327 (5.2)

 

14

218

3.5

 
 

9-13

141

2.2

 
 

≤ 8

56

0.9

 

Tp (°C)

> 40

16

0.3

2064 (32.9)

 

38.1-40

371

5.9

 
 

36.1-38

3557

56.6

 
 

32-36

270

4.3

 
 

< 32

1

0.0

 
  1. SpO2: saturation of peripheral oxygen (pulse oxymetri); RR: respiratory rate; BP: systolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; Tp: temperature