Changes of triage by GPs during the course of prehospital emergency situations in a Norwegian rural community

Table 2 Priority grade changes according to aggregated diagnostic groups

	Upgrading			Downgrading
Diagnostic group	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases	0.775	0.311–1.932	0.585	0.535	0.294–0.975	0.041
Syncope, seizures, trauma, intoxications	0.131	0.030–0.582	0.007	2.667	1.469–4.843	0.001
Respiratory distress	1.179	0.365–3.809	0.784	0.549	0.228–1.324	0.182
Acute abdomen	5.525	1.880–16.23	0.002	0.325	0.104–1.010	0.052
Others	1.755	0.529–5.824	0.358	1.623	0.713–3.693	0.249

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