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. 2020 Aug 10;20:61. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00353-8

Table 3.

Vital signs of non-conveyed children (0–17 years), n (%) if not otherwise stated

Non-conveyed patients, n = 386 Male, n = 208 Female, n = 164
Cognition
 1 331 (100) 182 (100) 140 (100)
  ≥ 2 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Missing (14) (13) (15)
Respiratory rate, Mean (SD) 25 (10) 25 (10) 25 (9)
 Normal 267 (78) 147 (79) 112 (77)
 High 73 (21) 37 (20) 33 (23)
 Low 2 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1)
Missing (11) (11) (11)
Blood oxygen saturation, Mean (SD) 99 (1) 99 (1) 99 (1)
 96–100 310 (97) 168 (97) 132 (96)
 90–95 11 (3) 6 (3) 5 (4)
  < 90 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Missing (17) (16) (15)
Systolic blood pressure, Mean (SD) 121 (16) 121 (16) 120 (14)
 90–199 108 (100) 50 (100) 54 (100)
Missing (72) (76) (67)
Diastolic blood pressure, Mean (SD) 75 (11) 71 (11) 78 (11)
 50–120 89 (100) 42 (100) 43 (100)
Missing (77) (80) (74)
Pulse, Mean (SD) 114 (26) 114 (25) 114 (28)
 Normal 251 (76) 143 (80) 101 (72)
 High 74 (22) 34 (19) 38 (27)
 Low 4 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1)
Missing (15) (14) (14)
Temperature, Mean (SD) 37 (1) 37 (1) 38 (1)
 Normal 302 (100) 162 (100) 131 (100)
 High 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Low 1 (< 1) 1 (< 1) 0 (0)
Missing (22) (22) (20)

P-value < 0.05 between non-conveyed male and female children.

Mann-Whitneys U-test: Cognition. T-test: All other vital signs.