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Table 2 Prehospital patient care

From: Impact of delayed mobile medical team dispatch for respiratory distress calls: a propensity score matched study from a French emergency communication center

 

Total population

n = 870

Immediate MMT

n = 614 (70.6)

Delayed MMT

n = 256 (29.4)

p value

Oxygen supply

    

 Nasal canula

17 (2.0)

10 (1.6)

7 (2.7)

0.28

 Bag valve mask

361 (41.5)

240 (39.1)

121 (47.3)

0.03

 Noninvasive ventilation

186 (21.4)

123 (20.0)

63 (24.6)

0.13

 Endotracheal intubation

43 (4.9)

25 (4.1)

18 (7.0)

0.07

Catecholamine IV, norepinephrine

18 (2.1)

8 (1.3)

10 (3.9)

0.01

Diuretic IV, furosemide

107 (12.2)

67 (10.9)

40 (15.6)

0.07

Vasodilatator IV, isosorbide dinitrate

117 (13.4)

81 (13.2)

36 (14.1)

0.74

Corticosteriod bolus

108 (12.4)

94 (15.3)

14 (5.5)

< 0.001

Antihistamine IV, dexchlorpheniramine

49 (5.6)

46 (7.5)

3 (1.2)

< 0.001

Epinephrine, IM injection

17 (2.0)

17 (2.8)

0 (0)

0.005

Heparin, IV

19 (2.2)

11 (1.8)

8 (3.2)

0.21

Aspirin, IV

49 (5.6)

36 (5.9)

13 (5.1)

0.65

Nitroglycerin, sublingual spray

28 (3.2)

23 (3.7)

5 (2.0)

0.17

In-hospital referral

   

0.90

 Emergency department

511 (58.8)

366 (59.6)

145 (56.7)

 

 Intensive care unit

290 (33.3)

196 (31.9)

94 (36.7)

 

 Catheterization laboratory

19 (2.2)

14 (2.3)

5 (2.0)

 

 Other

4 (0.5)

4 (0.7)

0 (0)

 

 No hospital admission

46 (5.3)

34 (5.5)

12 (4.7)

 

In-hospital admission after ED

369 (42.4)

246 (40.1)

123 (48.0)

< 0.001

ICU admission after ED

47 (9.2)

39 (10.7)

8 (3.1)

0.07

  1. No missing value