Table 2 Patient characteristics in groups stratified by hospital outcome
| Â | All patients | Hospital survivors | Hospital non-survivors | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 4,388 | 4,072 | 316 | Â |
Age | 61.0 (44.3 to 74.1) | 60.3 (43.0 to 73.5) | 69.6 (57.3 to 79.7) | <0.0001 |
VSSmax (points; median/IQR) | 0 (0 to 1) | 0 (0 to 0) | 1 (0 to 2) | <0.0001 |
VSSinitial (points; median/IQR) | 0 (0 to 0) | 0 (0 to 0) | 1 (0 to 2) | <0.0001 |
Primary cause of emergency department admission (% of patients) | Â | Â | Â | 0.078 |
Respiratory | 333(7.0) | 295 (7.2) | 38 (5.7) | Â |
Cardiovascular | 633 (13.4) | 558 (13.7) | 75 23.7) | Â |
Neurological | 895 (18.9) | 832 (20.4) | 63 (19.9) | Â |
Trauma | 815 (17.2) | 776 (19.1) | 39 (12.3) | Â |
Gastrointestinal | 607(12.8) | 570 (14.0) | 37 (11.7) | Â |
Other | 1,105 (23.3) | 1,041 (25.6) | 64 (20.3) | Â |
delay first physician (hours; median/IQR) | 0.17 (0.0 to 0.5) | 0.17 (0 to 0.51) | 0.08 (0 to 0.41) | <0.0001 |
length of emergency department stay (hours; median/IQR) | 4.6 (2.8 to 7.3) | 4.6 (2.9 to 7.4) | 4.1 (1.6 to 6.6) | <0.0001 |
length of hospital stay (days; median/IQR) | 6.3 (3.0 to 11.8) | 6.5 (3.1 to 11.8) | 3.4 (0.7 to 11.4) | <0.0001 |