Table 3.
Performances and outcome for ED visits
| PedED N (%) |
FunED N (%) |
DedED N (%) |
Total N (%) |
P value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2155 | 1164 | 160 | 3479 | |
| Colour-code triage | |||||
| Red | 109 (5.1) | 29 (2.5) | 4 (2.5) | 142 (4.1) | 0.001 |
| Yellow | 1275 (59.2) | 327 (28.1) | 45 (28.1) | 1647 (47.3) | < 0.001 |
| Green | 749 (34.8) | 738 (63.4) | 101 (63.1) | 1588 (45.6) | < 0.001 |
| White | 22 (1.0) | 70 (6.0) | 10 (6.3) | 102 (2.9) | < 0.001 |
| ED arrival time | |||||
| Day-time/weekday | 1200 (55.7) | 658 (56.5) | 82 (51.2) | 1940 | 0.449 |
| Night-time/weekend | 955 (44.4) | 506 (43.4) | 78 (48.8) | 1539 | |
| Etiological diagnosis | |||||
| Syndromic disorders | 1125 (52.2) | 652 (56.0) | 114 (71.3) | 1891 | < 0.001 |
| Inherited metabolic diseases | 228 (10.6) | 159 (13.7) | 8 (5.0) | 395 | 0.001 |
| Neuromuscular diseases | 118 (5.5) | 57 (4.9) | 18 (11.3) | 193 | 0.004 |
| Congenital skeletal condition | 34 (1.6) | 21 (1.8) | 1 (0.6) | 56 | 0.530 |
| True microcephaly | 14 (0.6) | 9 (0.8) | 2 (1.3) | 25 | 0.662 |
| Isolated CNS malformations | 120 (5.6) | 68 (5.8) | 6 (3.8) | 194 | 0.557 |
| Epilepsy under AED | 279 (12.9) | 150 (2.9) | 8 (5.0) | 437 | 0.013 |
| Medical devices users | 237 (11.0) | 48 (4.1) | 3 (1.9) | 288 | < 0.001 |
| Reason for ED access | |||||
| Pain | 113 (5.2) | 69 (5.9) | 5 (3.1) | 187 | 0.306 |
| Respiratory | 544 (25.2) | 332 (28.5) | 50 (31.3) | 926 | 0.050 |
| Gastrointestinal | 475 (22.0) | 239 (20.5) | 28 (17.5) | 742 | 0.288 |
| Cardiac | 37 (1.7) | 12 (1.0) | 0 | 49 | 0.084 |
| Neurological | 419 (19.4) | 193 (16.6) | 20 (12.5) | 632 | 0.020 |
| Hematological | 28 (1.3) | 14 (1.2) | 1 (0.6) | 43 | 0.752 |
| Osteoarticular | 42 (1.9) | 16 (1.4) | 10 (6.3) | 68 | < 0.001 |
| Device malfunctioning | 101 (4.7) | 35 (3.0) | 0 | 136 | 0.002 |
| Trauma | 64 (3.0) | 42 (3.6) | 19 (11.9) | 125 | < 0.001 |
| Metabolic failure | 37 (1.7) | 17 (1.5) | 4 (2.5) | 58 | 0.603 |
| Fever | 247 (11.5) | 130 (11.2) | 21 (13.1) | 398 | 0.766 |
| Other symptoms | 48 (2.2) | 65 (5.6) | 2 (1.3) | 115 | < 0.001 |
| Outcomes | |||||
| Discharge | 1073 (49.8) | 700 (60.1) | 116 (72.5) | 1889 (54.3) | < 0.001 |
| Hospitalization | 1082 (50.2) | 464 (39.9) | 44 (27.5) | 1590 (45.7) | |
| Diagnostic procedures in DP | |||||
| 0 | 333 (31.0) | 308 (44.0) | 49 (42.2) | 690/1889 (36.5) | < 0.001b |
| 1 | 450 (41.9) | 249 (35.6) | 42 (36.2) | 741/1889 (39.2) | |
| ≥ 2 | 290 (27.0) | 143 (20.4) | 25 (21.6) | 456/1889 (24.2) | |
| Diagnostic procedures in HP | |||||
| 0 | 154 (14.2) | 62 (13.4) | 11 (25.0) | 227/1590 (14.3) | 0.008b |
| 1 | 382 (35.3) | 193 (41.6) | 20 (45.5) | 595/1590 (37.4) | |
| ≥ 2 | 546 (50.5) | 209 (45.0) | 13 (29.5) | 768/1590 (48.3) | |
N Number, DP Discharged patients; HP Hospitalized patients, AED Anti-epilepsy drugs, CSN Central nervous system, ED Emergency department
a Chi-squared test except where otherwise indicated b Kruskal-Wallis test