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Table 1 Demographic data and risk of 7-day mortality in the different strata

From: Prehospital blood gas analyses in acute patients treated by a ground-based physician-manned emergency unit: a cohort study

 

N (%)

7-day mortality (%)

All patients

745

149 (20.0)

Sex (male)

302 (40.5)

83 (18.7)

Age, years*

69 (54;79)

 

Age groups

 < 18 years

16 (2.1)

0 (0)

18–39 years

85 (11.4)

5 (5.9)

40–59 years

149 (20.0)

12 (8.1)

60–79 years

309 (41.5)

71 (23.0)

 ≥ 80 years

186 (25.0)

61 (32.8)

Charlson’s comorbidity index

0–2

595 (79.9)

118 (19.8)

3–4

100 (13.4)

18 (18.0)

 ≥ 5

50 (6.7)

13 (26.0)

Final diagnosis group**

Unclassified symptoms [18]

165 (22.1)

26 (15.8)

Respiratory system [10]

125 (16.8)

18 (14.4)

Injuries [19]

91 (12.2)

6 (6.6)

Circulatory system [9]

85 (11.4)

50 (58.8)

Unclassified causes [21]

71 (9.5)

12 (16.9)

Infection [1]

41 (5.5)

10 (24.4)

Endocrine/metabolic [4]

18 (2.4)

 < 4

Digestive system [11]

18 (2.4)

 < 4

Nervous system[6]

15 (2.0)

 < 4

Other

22 (3.0)

4 (18.2)

No diagnosis***

94 (12.6)

16 (17.0)

Lactate group (mmol/L)

 < 2.0

295 (39.6)

34 (11.5)

2.0 – 3.9

180 (24.2)

26 (14.4)

 ≥ 4.0

270 (36.2)

89 (33.0)

pH group

 < 7.35

355 (47.7)

112 (31.5)

7.35 – 7.45

275 (36.9)

24 (8.7)

 ≥ 7.45

115 (15.4)

13 (11.3)

pCO2 group

 < 4.3

108 (14.5)

27 (25.0)

4.3 – 6.0

293 (39.3)

34 (11.6)

 ≥ 7.45

344 (46.2)

88 (25.6)

  1. *Age is presented as the median with 25% and 75% interquartile.** The numbers in brackets are the ICD-10 group number, version 2016.*** Patients treated prehospitally without subsequent transport to the hospital did not receive diagnoses