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Table 2 Patient demographics

From: Development and validation of a score to identify in the Emergency Department patients who may benefit from a time-critical intervention: a cohort study

 

Derivation cohort

Validation cohort

 

Full cohort for death (n = 2437)

Subset for potential to benefit (n = 398)

Full cohort for death (n = 2322)

Subset for potential to benefit (n = 227)

Variable

Mean (sd; range)

Age

69 (19; 18–103)

66.5 (20.2; 18–102)

70 (19; 18–103)

71.3 (18.3; 19–96)

Respiratory rate

19 (6;6–60)

20 (7; 6–45)

20 (6.6; 8–80)

20 (5.8; 12–40)

Systolic BP

136 (29; 24–266)

133 (29; 45–243)

139 (28.4; 44–261)

138 (28.6; 60–249)

Diastolic BP

75 (15; 30–153)

75 (15; 36–130)

76 (15; 11–151)

74 (15; 36–142)

Pulse rate

88 (24; 21–215)

92 (24; 35–188)

88 (23; 20–180)

89 (21.9; 35–152)

Temperature

36.6 (1.2; 26.0–41.0)

36.5 (1.2; 26.0–40.0)

36.5 (1.1; 25.2–40.5)

36.6 (1.40; 26.4–39.6)

Variable

Median (IQR; range)

SaO2 breathing air

97 (95–98; 50–100)

97 (94–98; 66–100)

97 (95–98; 45–100)

96 (94–98; 45–100)

SaO2 breathing oxygen

98 (95–100; 24–100)

97 (96–99; 71–100)

98 (95–100; 60–100)

98 (96–100; 84–100)

GCS

15 (15–15; 3–15)

15 (15–15; 3–15)

15 (15–15; 3–15)

15 (15–15; 7–15)

Variable

Number (percentage)

Male

1131 (46.4)

183 (46)

1093 (46.5)

95 (42)

Active malignancy

110 (4.5)

23 (5.8)

96 (4.1)

6 (2.7)

Outcomes

Number (percentage)

All deaths

128 (5.2)

 

141 (6.0)

 

Inevitable death

 

15 (3.7)

 

2 (0.8)

Potentially preventable death

 

5 (1.2)

 

1 (0.4)

Prevented death

 

79 (19.8)

 

35 (15.4)