Table 3.
Characteristics of patients included in medical record review pre and post implementation (n = 96 for each sample)
| Sample characteristic | Pre-implementation n (%) |
Post-implementation n (%) |
p-value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female / male | 52 (54.2) / 44 (45.8) | 39 (40.6) / 57 (59.4) | 0.08 |
| Age | |||
| 0–3 months | 22 (22.9) | 17 (17.7) | 0.16 |
| 4–11 months | 4 (4.2) | 11 (11.5) | |
| 1–3 years | 20 (20.8) | 23 (24.0) | |
| 4–6 years | 14 (14.6) | 18 (18.8) | |
| 7–11 years | 16 (16.7) | 17 (17.7) | |
| 12–16.9 years | 20 (20.8) | 10 (10.4) | |
| Most responsible diagnosis a | |||
| Respiratory | 23 (24.0) | 26 (27.1) | 0.24 |
| Gastrointestinal | 10 (10.4) | 19 (19.8) | |
| Hyperbilirubinemia | 10 (10.4) | 8 (8.3) | |
| Other diagnosis | 53 (55.2) | 43 (44.8) | |
| Discharge disposition from ED | |||
| Transferred to higher level of care | 37 (38.5) | 22 (22.9) | 0.03 |
| Admitted internally | 59 (61.5) | 74 (77.1) | |
| CTAS level | |||
| CTAS 1 | 7 (7.3) | 10 (10.4) | 0.05 |
| CTAS 2 | 44 (45.8) | 43 (44.8) | |
| CTAS 3 | 40 (41.7) | 28 (29.2) | |
| CTAS 4 | 5 (5.2) | 15 (15.6) | |
CTAS Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale, ED Emergency Department, PEWS Pediatric Early Warning System
* P-value calculated with Fisher’s exact test for count data
a 3% entries missing during pre-implementation review. Diagnosis based on most affected system. If multiple diagnoses were presented in discharge summary, priority was given to the first one written