TABLE 3.
| Hospital Course and Follow-Up* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course | Men (n=31) |
Women (n=55) |
| Admitting service | ||
| Medicine | 23 (74%) | 33 (60%) |
| Surgery | 4 (13%) | 12 (22%) |
| Cardiology | 3 (10%) | 9 (16%) |
| Other | 1 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
| Surgical procedure | 5 (16%) | 11 (20%) |
| Endoscopy† | 2 (6%) | 7 (1%) |
| Length of stay, days | ||
| Median (range)‡ | 4 (1–20) | 4 (2–47) |
| ED diagnosis correlated with hospital discharge diagnosis | 16 (52%) | 38 (69%) |
| Return to ED within 7 days of visit§ | 3(6%) | 7(9%) |
| Death within 3 months of visit‖ | 10 (19%) | 1(1%) |
| Hospital Course and Follow-Up* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Men (n=31) |
Women (n=55) |
Difference in percentages (95% CI) |
| Admitting service | |||
| Medicine | 23 (74%) | 33 (60%) | 14 (−9, 34) |
| Surgery | 4 (13%) | 12 (22%) | 9 (−11, 25) |
| Cardiology | 3 (10%) | 9 (16%) | 6 (−12, 21) |
| Other | 1 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (−11, 14) |
| Surgical procedure | 5 (16%) | 11 (20%) | 4 (−17, 21) |
| Endoscopy† | 2 (6%) | 7 (1%) | 7 (−12, 20) |
| Length of stay, days | |||
| Median (range)‡ | 4 (1–20) | 4 (2–47) | 0 (−1, 3) |
| ED diagnosis correlated with hospital discharge diagnosis | 16 (52%) | 38 (69%) | 17 (−5, 39) |
| Return to ED within 7 days of visit§ | 3(6%) | 7(9%) | 3 (−9, 13) |
| Death within 3 months of visit‖ | 10 (19%) | 1(1%) | 18 (7, 32) |
P > 0.05 for all comparisons, by Chi-squared analysis except as noted.
Either esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. If a subject had more than one procedure, he or she was only counted once.
P > 0.05 by Wilcoxon test of medians.
Compares all of the subjects (52 men and 79 women), not just those hospitalized.
P < 0.0001 by Fisher’s exact test, compares all of the subjects (52 men and 79 women), not just those hospitalized.
CI = confidence interval.
P > 0.05 for all comparisons, by Chi-squared analysis except as noted.
Either esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. If a subject had more than one procedure, he or she was only counted once.
P > 0.05 by Wilcoxon test of medians.
Compares all of the subjects (52 men and 79 women), not just those hospitalized.
P < 0.0001 by Fisher’s exact test, compares all of the subjects (52 men and 79 women), not just those hospitalized.