Table 4.
Characteristics and frequency of patients according to vital parameters.
| Patients classified for PHC (n = 426) % | Patient classified for ED (n = 2277) % | p-Value** | |
| Vital parameters: Heart rate (beat/min) (6)* | |||
| >100 | 16 | 24 | 0.0001 |
| <50 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)(8)* | |||
| >160 | 20 | 25 | 0.04 |
| <100 | 2 | 5 | 0.05 |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min)(16)* | |||
| >20 | 13 | 27 | <0.0001 |
| <10 | 0 | 0.4 | |
| Saturation (%)(8)* | |||
| <90 | 0.6 | 10 | <0.0001 |
| Temperature (°C) (45)* | |||
| >38 | 7 | 11 | |
| <36 | 14 | 14 | |
| Consciousness grade (1):* | |||
| Normally awake | 95 | 92 | 0.02 |
| Reduced consciousness | 3 | 5 | |
| Unconscious | 0.7 | 2 |
Notes: *Proportion (%) of patients with missing data. **p-value denoted if <0.05.