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Table 2 Baseline characteristics including triage level, known disease and clinical presentation

From: Point-of-care ultrasound induced changes in management of unselected patients in the emergency department - a prospective single-blinded observational trial

Characteristic

Total (n = 403)

Age, median (IQR)

55.7 (38.5; 70.1)

Male Gender, n(%)

247 (61,3)

BMI, median (IQR)

25.4 (22.9; 29.0)

BP systolic, mean (SD)

142.1 (25.6)

BP diastolic, mean (SD)

84.9 (14.9)

Temperature, median (IQR)

37.0 (36.6; 37.3)

Respiration rate, median (IQR)

16 (16; 18)

Heart rate mean (SD)

76.1 (17.5)

SpO2, median (IQR)

98 (96; 99)

Smoker n(%)

53 (13.2)

Alcohol abuse n(%)

16 (4.0)

Triage level

n(%) [95% CI]

1 (blue)

79 (19.6) [15.8; 23.8]

2 (green)

109 (27.1) [22.8; 31.7]

3 (yellow)

175 (43.4) [38.5; 48.4]

4 (orange)

34 (8.4) [5.9; 11.6]

5 (red)

6 (1.5) [0.5; 3.2]

Known comorbidity

n(%) [95% CI]

Hypertension

74 (18.4) [14.7; 22.5]

Cardiac disease

68 (16.9) [13.3; 20.9]

Pulmonary disease

40 (9.9) [7.2; 13.3]

Diabetes

32 (7.9) [5.5; 11.0]

Cancer

9 (2.2) [1.0; 4.2]

None of the above

180 (44.7) [39.7; 49.7]

Clinical presentation

n (%) [95% CI]

Orthopedic complaint

110 (27.3) [23.0; 31.9]

Abdominal pain

108 (26.8) [22.5; 31.4]

Chest pain

41 (10.2) [7.4; 13.5]

Dyspnea

40 (9.9) [7.2; 13.3]

Traffic accident

28 (6.9) [4.7; 9.9]

Unexpected fall/syncope

26 (6.5) [4.3; 9.3]

Dizziness

11 (2.7) [1.4; 4.8]

Fever

5 (1.2) [0.4; 2.9]

Chest trauma

3 (0.7) [0.2; 2.2]

Abdominal trauma

1 (0.2) [0.0; 1.4]

Other

94 (23.3) [19.3; 27.8]

  1. IQR Interquartile Range, BMI Body Mass Index, BP Blood pressure, SD Standard Deviation, SpO2 Peripheral oxygen saturation, CI Confidence interval