Table 5.
Vital signs and respiratory indexes. Comparison between patients dead and/or admitted to ICU with OTI and patients alive and/or not admitted to ICU.
| Alive and/or not admitted to ICU |
Dead and/or admitted to ICU with OTI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters registered at hospital admission in Emergency Department | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p |
| GCS | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Body temperature (°C) | 37 | 1 | 37 | 0.8 | 1.000 |
| RR (breaths per minute) | 21 | 7.4 | 20 | 14 | 0.4431 |
| HR (beats per minute) | 88 | 16 | 87 | 14 | 0.6436 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 129 | 20.8 | 132 | 19.2 | 0.2912 |
| RAO2S (%) | 89.1 | 15.6 | 81.8 | 26.7 | 0.0055 |
| P/F | 261.5 | 141 | 220.7 | 87.2 | 0.0249 |
Legend: GCS=Glasgow Coma Scale; RR=respiratory rate; HR=heart rate (bpm=beats per minute); SBP=systolic blood pressure; RAO2S = room air pulsossimetry oxygen saturation; P/F=paO2/FiO2 ratio; ICU=Intensive Care Unit; OTI=oro-tracheal intubation; SD=standard deviation.