TABLE 2.
Time from symptom onset to presentation to the emergency department in different diagnosis groups; 17 February to 31 May 2020 and corresponding periods of 2018‐2019
| Diagnosis group | No of patients | Time in hours, median (IQR) | p * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2018‐2019 | 2020 | 2018‐2019 | ||
| Medical | |||||
| Gastroenteritis | 8 | 67 | 48 (36‐84) | 16 (7‐24) | <0.01 |
| Dehydration | 10 | 56 | 24 (12‐72) | 24 (12‐72) | 0.87 |
| Diabetes | 8 | 19 | 360 (288‐384) | 336 (168‐384) | 0.61 |
| Epilepsy | 60 | 117 | 1 (1‐2) | 1 (1‐2) | 0.11 |
| Mastoiditis/cellulitis/abscess | 16 | 58 | 24 (10‐120) | 24 (8‐48) | 0.38 |
| Urinary infections/orchitis | 43 | 61 | 24 (8‐72) | 24 (6‐72) | 0.87 |
| Sepsis / suspected sepsis | 9 | 18 | 72 (24‐120) | 18 (3‐48) | <0.01 |
| Bronchiolitis | 52 | 103 | 24 (8.5‐48) | 24 (8‐48) | 0.98 |
| Acute respiratory failure | 16 | 50 | 36 (12.5‐60) | 24 (5‐48) | 0.14 |
| Collapse and syncope | 11 | 37 | 1 (1‐3) | 1 (1‐2) | 0.60 |
| Head injury | 14 | 52 | 1 (1‐4) | 1 (1‐2) | 0.46 |
| Other injuries | 15 | 31 | 1 (1‐2) | 1 (1‐2) | 0.42 |
| Foreign body ingestion | 11 | 18 | 1 (1‐2) | 1 (1‐3) | 0.76 |
| Wounds/burns | 18 | 36 | 2 (1‐2) | 1 (1‐1.5) | 0.03 |
| Surgical | |||||
| Appendicitis | 69 | 159 | 14 (8‐24) | 20 (8‐24) | 0.26 |
| Testicular torsion | 15 | 45 | 10 (2‐72) | 5 (3‐24) | 0.44 |
| Abdominal or pelvic organ torsion | 14 | 23 | 12 (6‐48) | 10 (4‐24) | 0.28 |
| Other diagnoses | 42 | 133 | 24 (5‐96) | 12 (4‐48) | 0.09 |
Abbreviatons: IQR, interquartile range.
*
Two‐sample Wilcoxon rank‐sum test.