Table 3 Patient characteristics based on the twelve workflow allocations
CONTROL | i-STAT | i-STAT CBC | ECG | LODOX | i-STAT ECG | i-STAT CBC ECG | i-STAT LODOX | i-STAT CBC LODOX | ECG LODOX | i-STAT ECG LODOX | i-STAT CBC ECG LODOX | p-value for between group test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 75 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 74 | 73 | |
Age median (IQR) | 45.7 (34.2; 61.7) | 45.2 (31.6; 59.3) | 44.2 (33.3; 68.0) | 44 (33.9; 61.0) | 41.6 (33.0; 55.5) | 41.9 (33.3; 56.6) | 40.7 (27.3; 60.9) | 42.1 (29.9; 60.8) | 37.1 (30.0; 55.1) | 44.9 (35.0; 60.5) | 39.5 (30.0; 61.3) | 41.3 (31.5; 55.6) | 0.65 |
Sex: Males (%) | 30 (40.0) | 30 (40.0) | 29 (39.2) | 36 (46.8) | 30 (40.0) | 27 (36.5) | 35 (46.1) | 18 (32.4) | 28 (36.4) | 31 (42.5) | 42 (56.8) | 37 (50.7) | 0.11 |
Triage category | 0.30 | ||||||||||||
N (%) | |||||||||||||
Orangec | 22 (29.3) | 18 (24.0) | 11 (15.1) | 22 (28.6) | 15 20.0) | 16 (21.6) | 24 (31.6) | 18 (24.3) | 22 (28.6) | 14 (19.2) | 18 (24.3) | 21 (28.8) | |
Yellowc | 52 (69.3) | 54 (72.0) | 59 (80.8) | 52 (67.5) | 60 (80.0) | 57 (77.0) | 50 (65.8) | 54 (73.0) | 55 (71.4) | 59 (80.8) | 56 (75.7) | 48 (65.8) | |
Greenc | 1 (1.3) | 3 (4.0) | 3 (4.1) | 3 (3.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.5) | |
Admitteda b N(%) | 32 (42.7) | 32 (42.7) | 40 (54.1) | 34 (44.2) | 34 (45.3) | 29 (39.2) | 42 (56.0) | 35 (47.3) | 32 (41.6) | 39 (53.4) | 40 (54.1) | 39 (53.4) | 0.62 |
Dischargeda N(%) | 38 (50.7) | 41 (54.7) | 33 (44.6) | 43 (55.8) | 41 (54.7) | 42 (56.8) | 33 (44.0) | 39 (52.7) | 44 (57.1) | 33 (45.2) | 34 (45.9) | 34 (46.6) | |