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. 2012 Jan 27;109(4):58–65. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0058

Table 2. Proportion of pathological results with respect to the overall study group*1.

Parameter Performed Pathological with respect to the reference values
Vital parameters
Respiratory rate, n (%) 388 (88.2) 75 (19.3)
Oxygen saturation, n (%) 425 (96.6) 32 (7.5)
Heart rate, n (%) 438 (99.5) 37 (8.4)
Systolic blood pressure, n (%) 439 (99.8) 19 (4.3)
Laboratory tests
Hemoglobin, n (%) 438 (99.5) 6 (1.4)
Glucose, n (%) 432 (98.2) 31 (7.2)
Sodium, n (%) 438 (99.5)
– Sodium <130 mmol/l, n (%) 26 (5.9)
– Sodium <120 mmol/l, n (%) 3 (0.7)
Potassium, n (%) 436 (99.1) 87 (20.0)
Creatinine, n (%) 437 (99.3)
– Creatinine >2.0 mg/dL, n (%) 23 (5.3)
– Creatinine >3.0 mg/dL, n (%) 7 (1.6)
Troponin T, n (%) 332 (75.5) 24 (7.2)
Instrumental tests (not large instruments) Pathological results (%)
12-lead ECG, n (%) 440 (100) 160 (36.4)
– new finding, n (%) 34 (21.3)
– known finding, n (%) 48 (30.0)
– not documented, n (%) 78 (48.8)
Orthostatic test, n (%) 64 (14.5) 17 (26.6)
Chest X-ray, n (%) 159 (36.1) 21 (13.2)
Echocardiography, n (%) 175 (39.8) 22 (12.6)
Carotid artery ultrasonography, n (%) 119 (27.0) 8 (6.7)
ECG monitoring >8 h, n (%) 228 (51,8) 25 (11,0)

*1test results from large instruments (e.g., CT, MRI) are shown in Figure 2