Table 1 Baseline characteristics for patients presenting with NSCs to the EMS
Total | Serious condition | Serious condition | p value. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
present | not present | ||||||||||
N = 3780 | n = 1334 (35.3%) | n = 2446 (64.7%) | |||||||||
n | Md | (%) | n | Md | (%) | n | Md | (%) | |||
Sex | Female | 2033 | (53.8) | 682 | (51.1) | 1351 | (55.2) | 0.015 | |||
Male | 1747 | (46.2) | 652 | (48.9) | 1095 | (44.8) | |||||
Age | 77 | 83 | 72 | < 0.001 | |||||||
GCS | 13–15 | 712 | (18.8) | 270 | (20.2) | 442 | (18.1) | 0.005 | |||
9–12 | 60 | (1.6) | 32 | (2.4) | 28 | (1.1) | |||||
≤ 8 | 36 | (1.0) | 15 | (1.1) | 21 | (0.9) | |||||
Missing | 2972 | (78.6) | 1017 | (76.2) | 1955 | (79.9) | |||||
NACA | 0–2 | 765 | (20.2) | 140 | (10.5) | 625 | (25.6) | < 0.001 | |||
3–4 | 2786 | (73.4) | 1104 | (82.8) | 1682 | (68.8) | |||||
5–7 | 76 | (2.0) | 44 | (3.3) | 32 | (1.3) | |||||
Missing | 153 | (4.0) | 46 | (3.4) | 107 | (4.4) | |||||
RETTS | Green | 2027 | (60.8) | 484 | (40.7) | 1543 | (71.9) | < 0.001 | |||
Yellow | 677 | (20.3) | 330 | (27.8) | 347 | (16.2) | |||||
Orange | 418 | (12.5) | 241 | (20.3) | 177 | (8.2) | |||||
Red | 214 | (6.4) | 134 | (11.3) | 80 | (3.7) | |||||
NEWS | Low risk | 2845 | (76.3) | 804 | (61.0) | 2041 | (84.7) | < 0.001 | |||
Medium risk | 446 | (12.0) | 230 | (17.5) | 216 | (9.0) | |||||
High risk | 438 | (11.7) | 284 | (21.5) | 154 | (6.4) | |||||
CCI | Md | 1 | 2 | 1 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Admitted | Yes | 2557 | (67.6) | 1334 | (100) | 1223 | (50) | < 0.001 | |||
No | 1223 | (32.4) | 0 | (0) | 1223 | (50) | |||||
In-hospital LOS | 5 | 6 | 3 | < 0.001 | |||||||
In-hospital mortality | 160 | (4.2) | 135 | (10.1) | 25 | (1.0) | < 0.001 | ||||
24 h mortality | 42 | (1.1) | 26 | (1.9) | 16 | (0.7) | < 0.001 | ||||
30 day mortality | 372 | (9.8) | 269 | (20.2) | 103 | (4.2) | < 0.001 | ||||