Table 1 Included patients with early death
From: Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit: were those deaths preventable?
All patients | Unexpected deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | ||||
N | 484 | 47 | ||
Age (years), mean (SD) | 79 | (14) | 79 | (14) |
Sex male, N (%) | 247 | (51%) | 32 | (68%) |
Center | ||||
Pitié-Salpêtrière | 231 | (47%) | 25 | 25 |
Bichat | 90 | (19%) | 13 | (14%) |
Ambroise Paré | 88 | (18%) | 4 | (5%) |
Saint Antoine | 75 | (15%) | 5 | (7%) |
Type of arrival | ||||
own | 23 | (5%) | 7 | (15%) |
ambulances | 376 | (78%) | 37 | (77%) |
medical EMS | 85 | (18%) | 3 | (6%) |
Vital parameters | ||||
systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD) | 122 | (36) | 119 | (29) |
diastolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD) | 69 | (22) | 70 | (22) |
heart rate, mean (SD) | 93 | (27) | 92 | (26) |
Glasgow Coma Scale, median [IQR] | 15 | [9-15] | 15 | [15] |
temperature (°C), mean (SD) | 36.5 | (1.4) | 36.8 | (1.0 |
Limitation of care | 70 | (14%) | 0 | (0%) |
Preventability of death | ||||
very unlikely | 10 | (21%) | ||
unlikely | 13 | (27%) | ||
likely | 15 | (32%) | ||
very likely | 9 | (32%) | ||