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Table 5 Variables associated with missed diagnosis in the emergency department

From: Acute respiratory failure in the elderly: etiology, emergency diagnosis and prognosis

Variable

Appropriate diagnosis (n = 413)

Missed diagnosis (n = 101)

Adjusted odds ratio

p

History of arterial hypertension

288 (55)

45 (45)

0.59 [0.36–0.98]

0.04

Final diagnosis of CAP

152 (37)

67 (66)

4.85 [2.73–8.61]

<0.001

Final diagnosis of CPE

135 (33)

46 (46)

9.35 [5.16–16.14]

<0.001

Final diagnosis of PE

60 (15)

33 (33)

9.27 [4.72–18.22]

<0.001

  1. Data are numbers of patients (%) or medians [95% confidence intervals]. All differences between survivors and dead patients in the univariate analysis were significant (p < 0.05). CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; CPE, cardiogenic pulmonary edema; PE, pulmonary embolism.
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