Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients who attended the MNH ED 2019–2021
| Variable | 2019 (61,815) | 2020 (47,361) | 2021 (49,269) | Overall (158,445)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | |
| Severely Deranged SBP | ||||
| No | 47,023 (76.1) | 36,617 (77.3) | 38,574 (78.3) | 122,214 (77.1) |
| Yes | 1052 (1.7) | 716 (1.5) | 760 (1.5) | 2528 (1.6) |
| Missing | 13,740 (22.2) | 10,028 (21.2) | 9935 (20.2) | 33,703 (21.3) |
| Severely Deranged RR | ||||
| No | 54,390 (88.0) | 42,407 (89.5) | 42,504 (86.3) | 139,301 (87.9) |
| Yes | 981 (1.6) | 977 (2.1) | 825 (1.7) | 2783 (1.8) |
| Missing | 6444 (10.4) | 3977 (8.4) | 5940 (12.1) | 16,361 (10.3) |
| Severely Deranged HR | ||||
| No | 53,636 (86.8) | 42,049 (88.8) | 42,148 (85.5) | 137,833 (87.0) |
| Yes | 2498 (4.0) | 1963 (4.1) | 1869 (3.8) | 6330 (4.0) |
| Missing | 5681 (9.2) | 3349 (7.1) | 5252 (10.7) | 14,282 (9.0) |
| Severely Deranged SpO2 | ||||
| No | 54,832 (88.7) | 42,870 (90.5) | 42,757 (86.8) | 140,459 (88.6) |
| Yes | 1396 (2.3) | 1245 (2.6) | 1384 (2.8) | 4025 (2.5) |
| Missing | 5587 (9.0) | 3246 (6.9) | 5128 (10.4) | 13,961 (8.8) |
| Severely Deranged GCS | ||||
| No | 8259 (13.4) | 7754 (16.4) | 7759 (15.7) | 23,772 (15.0) |
| Yes | 311 (0.5) | 232 (0.5) | 238 (0.5) | 781 (0.5) |
| Missing | 53,245 (86.1) | 39,375 (83.1) | 41,272 (83.8) | 133,892 (84.5) |
| Received Critical Care Intervention | ||||
| No | 55,786 (90.2) | 42,673 (90.1) | 42,109 (85.5) | 140,568 (88.7) |
| Yes | 1966 (3.2) | 1648 (3.5) | 1861 (3.8) | 5475 (3.5) |
| Missing | 4063 (6.6) | 3040 (6.4) | 5299 (10.8) | 12,402 (7.8) |
SBP- Systolic Blood Pressure, RR- Respiratory rate, HR- Heart rate, GCS- Glasgow Coma Scale, SpO2- Oxygen Saturation
* The sum of severely deranged individual vital signs is more than the total number of critically ill patients as patients could have more than one severely deranged vital sign