From: Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study
Primary Complaint | n | Suspicion at dispatch, % | Suspicion by ambulance, % | Tested at hospital, % | Hospital-confirmed a Covid-19, % |
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Infection | 261 | 68.6 (62.8–74.3) | 78.5 (73.9–83.5) | 72.8 (67.4–78.2) | 29.1 (23.8–34.9) |
Fever | 147 | 71.4 (64.6–79.6) | 76.9 (70.1–83.7) | 74.1 (67.3–81.0) | 16.3 (10.9–22.4) |
Difficulty Breathing | 790 | 50.9 (47.5–54.3) | 65.4 (61.8–68.5) | 62.9 (59.9–66.1) | 14.7 (12.3–17.1) |
General Elderlyb | 344 | 17.2 (13.4–21.5) | 29.1 (24.1–33.7) | 54.7 (49.1–60.2) | 6.4 (3.8–9.0) |
General Adultb | 139 | 28.8 (21.6–36.0) | 29.5 (22.3–37.4) | 38.1 (30.2–46.0) | 5.8 (2.2–10.1) |
Reduced consciousness | 262 | 12.6 (8.8–16.4) | 22.9 (18.3–27.9) | 38.9 (33.2–45.0) | 4.6 (2.3–7.3) |
Fainting | 117 | 12.0 (6.8–17.9) | 19.7 (12.8–27.4) | 22.2 (14.5–29.9) | 3.4 (0.9–6.8) |
Stroke | 428 | 5.4 (3.5–7.5) | 14.7 (11.4–18.0) | 35.3 (30.8–40.2) | 3.3 (1.9–5.1) |
Seizure | 207 | 4.3 (1.9–7.2) | 10.6 (6.8–15.4) | 20.3 (15.0–25.6) | 2.4 (0.5–4.8) |
Other | 908 | 11.3 (9.1–13.4) | 15.7 (13.4–18.1) | 24.1 (21.3–27.1) | 2.2 (1.3–3.2) |
Dizziness | 144 | 6.9 (3.5–11.8) | 14.6 (9.0–20.8) | 17.4 (11.1–23.6) | 2.1 (0.0–4.2) |
Major trauma | 1203 | 2.8 (1.9–3.8) | 8.1 (6.6–9.7) | 26.4 (23.9–28.9) | 1.8 (1.1–2.7) |
Missing | 118 | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 11.0 (5.9–16.9) | 23.7 (16.1–31.4) | 1.7 (0.0–4.2) |
Abdominal pain | 548 | 8.4 (6.2–10.9) | 17.2 (13.9–20.4) | 17.9 (14.6–21.2) | 1.5 (0.5–2.6) |
Chest pain | 813 | 9.5 (7.4–11.4) | 17.7 (15.3–20.5) | 19.7 (17.1–22.4) | 1.2 (0.5–2.1) |
Arrythmia | 153 | 3.3 (0.7–6.5) | 14.4 (9.2–20.3) | 11.8 (6.5–17.0) | 0.7 (0.0–2.6) |