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Table 4 Survival rate by triage category

From: A retrospective cohort pilot study to evaluate a triage tool for use in a pandemic

 

Triage category

 

Red

Yellow

Green

Blue

 

Admission

N

79

32

0

65

Survived† n (%)

74 (93.7)

20 (62.5)

 

16 (24.6)

% Difference c/w Blue

(95% CI)

69.11

(57.3, 80.8)

37.92

(18.1, 57.7)

-

-

 

48 hours

n

21

17

29

22

Survived† n (%)

19 (90.5)

16 (94.1)

29 (100)

10 (45.4)

% Difference c/w Blue

(95% CI)

45.03

(20.7, 69.3)

48.74

(25.0, 72.3)

-

-

 

120 hours

n

6

10

14

7

Survived† n (%)

6 (100)

9 (90.0)

13 (92.9)

5 (71.4)

% Difference c/w Blue (95% CI)

28.6

(-4.9, 62.0)

18.6

(-19.7, 56.9)

-

-

  1. † survived to hospital discharge, CI = confidence interval; c/w = compared with.
  2. 1P < 0.0001, 2P = 0.0003, 3P = 0.002, 4P = 0.001.