Table 2 Length of stay and 30-day mortality among GP- and 1–1-2 triaged chest pain patients according to ICD10-diagnosis
From: Chest pain in the ambulance; prevalence, causes and outcome - a retrospective cohort study
Total transports, n | Median LOS, hours (Q1;Q3) | 30-day Mortality, % (95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of transports | 10,033 | 10.6 (3.6;41.3) | 2.1% (1.8–2.4%) |
Acute cardiac conditions | 1318 | 88.0 (53.6;122.3) | 4.6% (3.4–5.9%) |
AMI | 1054 | 91.0 (65.0;122.4) | 4.0% (2.8–5.5%) |
STEMI | 340 | 93.0 (72.3;120.5) | 3.5% (1.8–6.2%) |
NSTEMI | 714 | 88.4 (55.2;124.5) | 4.2% (2.8–6.1%) |
Other acute cardiovascular conditions: | 264 | 65.2 (14.2;121.9) | 7.0% (4.0–11.3%) |
UAP | 140 | 62.5 (28.6;108.1) | 1.8% (0.2–6.4%) |
Cardiac arrest | 11 | 1.3 (1.0;123.3) | 60.0% (26.2–87.8%) |
Ventricular tachycardia | 15 | 73.6 (48.6;209.1) | 0.0% (0.0–30.8%) |
Aortic dissection | 21 | 137.4 (3.0;266.4) | 21.1% (6.1–45.6%) |
Pulmonary Embolism | 77 | 69.1 (4.1;99.8) | 4.6% (1.0–12.9%) |
Other conditions: | 3647 | 16.0 (3.9;53.1) | 3.6% (2.9–4.4%) |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 106 | 13.8 (2.4;132.3) | 11.8% (5.6–21.3%) |
Neoplasms | 21 | 73.5 (3.0;265.2) | 35.7% (12.8–64.9%) |
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 67 | 6.1 (3.0;32.7) | 8.1% (1.7–21.9%) |
Mental and behavioral disorders | 108 | 2.7 (1.3;15.1) | 0.0% (0.0–7.0%) |
Diseases of the nervous system | 42 | 5.0 (2.4;20.5) | 3.4% (0.1–17.8%) |
Diseases of the circulatory system (other than acute) | 1734 | 20.6 (7.3;52.3) | 2.5% (1.7–3.5%) |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 599 | 22.3 (3.1;93.0) | 6.3% (4.2–9.0%) |
Diseases of the digestive system | 308 | 10.2 (2.6;53.7) | 2.2% (0.7–5.1%) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 113 | 5.0 (2.0;8.9) | 2.4% (0.3–8.2%) |
Diseases of the genitourinary system | 93 | 19.2 (5.0;70.3) | 3.5% (0.4–12.1%) |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 152 | 2.9 (1.7;6.0) | 3.2% (0.7–9.1%) |
Other diagnosesa | 304 | 10.0 (2.8;27.8) | 2.4% (0.8–5.5%) |
No final diagnosis: | 5068 | 7.4 (3.0;14.8) | 0.4% (0.2–0.6%) |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 2394 | 3.9 (2.0;8.6) | 0.5% (0.2–0.9%) |
Medical observation and evaluation for suspected diseases and conditions or other reasons | 2674 | 10.3 (6.4;19.5) | 0.2% (0.1–0.6%) |