Variable | Patients n | Beneficial ultrasound n (%) | Crude analysis | Adjusted analysis | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |||
Triage level | ||||||||
1 (ref) | 79 | 2 (2.5) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
2 | 109 | 32 (29.4) | 16.0 | (3.7; 69.1) | < 0.001 | 16.1 | (3.7; 71.6) | < 0.001 |
3 | 175 | 56 (32.0) | 18.1 | (4.3; 76.4) | < 0.001 | 17.6 | (4.1; 75.8) | < 0.001 |
4 | 34 | 16 (47.1) | 34.2 | (7.2; 162.4) | < 0.001 | 35.4 | (7.2; 173.7) | < 0.001 |
5 | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 38.5 | (4.5; 323.6) | 0.001 | 24.1 | (2.4; 243.7) | 0.007 |
Comorbidity | ||||||||
None (ref) | 251 | 45 (17.9) | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Cardiac disease | 68 | 31 (45.6) | 2.4 | (1.4; 4.2) | 0.003 | 2.3 | (1.3; 4.3) | 0.006 |
Hypertension | 77 | 32 (41.6) | 2.3 | (1.3; 4.0) | 0.005 | 2.4 | (1.3; 4.4) | 0.005 |
Pulmonary disease | 40 | 22 (55.0) | 3.5 | (1.7; 7.0) | < 0.001 | 2.9 | (1.4; 6.2) | 0.004 |
Cancer | 9 | 5 (55.6) | 2.2 | (0.5; 9.4) | 0.302 | 3.2 | (0.6; 17.3) | 0.171 |
Diabetes | 32 | 10 (31.3) | 0.7 | (0.3; 1.7) | 0.479 | 0.6 | (0.2; 1.4) | 0.208 |
Training level | ||||||||
Specialist physician (ref) | 85 | 20 (23.5) | 1 | – | – | |||
3rd year resident | 64 | 21 (32.8) | 1.6 | (0.8; 3.3) | 0.211 | |||
1st year resident | 254 | 68 (26.7) | 1.2 | (0.7; 2.1) | 0.555 |