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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 16;22(4):447–451. doi: 10.1111/acem.12629

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Device

Characteristic, No Device Device p value
Male, n (%) 258 (51.5) 246 (53.8) 0.47
Race, n (%) 0.02
 White 242 (48.3) 199 (43.5)
 Black 176 (35.1) 147 (32.2)
 Hispanic 57 (11.4) 68 (14.9)
 Other 26 (5.2) 43 (9.4)
Diagnosis, n (%) 0.03
 Vomiting/Diarrhea 164 (32.7) 126 (27.6)
 Trauma/Burn 102 (20.36) 89 (19.5)
 Infection 85 (17.0) 63 (13.8)
 Abdominal Pain 31 (6.2) 54 (11.8)
 Headache 42 (8.4) 40 (8.8)
 Other 77 (15.4) 85 (18.6)