Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the study population between patients who received at least one critical intervention and those who did not receive any intervention.
|
aAt least one CrIs (n = 12,922) |
Without CrIs (n = 124,911) |
p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median [IQR] | 67.0 [57.0, 77.0] | 57.0 [42.0, 68.0] | < 0.001 |
| Sex, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Male | 7659 (59.3%) | 59,893 (47.9%) | |
| Female | 5263 (40.7%) | 65,018 (52.1%) | |
| SBP (mmHg), median [IQR] | 119.0 [98.0, 141.0] | 128.0 [112.0, 145.0] | < 0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg), median [IQR] | 69.0 [56.0, 82.0] | 77.0 [67.0, 87.0] | < 0.001 |
| PR (beats/min), median [IQR] | 102.0 [85.0, 118.0] | 86.0 [75.0, 100.0] | < 0.001 |
| RR (breaths/min), median [IQR] | 20.0 [18.0, 22.0] | 18.0 [18.0, 20.0] | < 0.001 |
| Temperature (°C), median [IQR] | 37.1 [36.6, 37.7] | 36.8 [36.5, 37.3] | < 0.001 |
| SpO2 (%), median [IQR] | 96.0 [93.0, 98.0] | 98.0 [97.0, 99.0] | < 0.001 |
| KTAS, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| 1 | 1044 (8.1%) | 336 (0.3%) | |
| 2 | 2964 (22.9%) | 8436 (6.8%) | |
| 3 | 7364 (57.0%) | 58,777 (47.1%) | |
| 4 | 1400 (10.8%) | 48,118 (38.5%) | |
| 5 | 150 (1.2%) | 9244 (7.4%) | |
| Mental status, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Alert | 10,900 (84.4%) | 122,895 (98.4%) | |
| Verbal | 723 (5.6%) | 1285 (1.0%) | |
| Pain | 696 (5.4%) | 627 (0.5%) | |
| Unresponsive | 603 (4.7%) | 104 (0.1%) | |
| Mode of arrival, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Ambulance | 6886 (53.3%) | 21,241 (17.0%) | |
| Other | 6036 (46.7%) | 103,670 (83.0%) | |
| Discharge, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Home | 2593 (20.1%) | 89,905 (72.0%) | |
| ED death | 569 (4.4%) | 28 (0.0%) | |
| Transfer | 1171 (9.1%) | 2706 (2.2%) | |
| Admission | 8589 (66.5%) | 32,272 (25.8%) | |
| Admission, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| ICU | 2717 (31.6%) | 1964 (6.1%) | |
| GW | 5872 (68.4%) | 30,308 (93.9%) | |
| Composite adverse outcome | 3,286 (25.4%) | 1992 (1.6%) | < 0.001 |
CrIs critical interventions, SD standard deviation, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PR pulse rate, RR respiratory rate, TEMP temperature, SpO2 peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, KTAS Korean Triage Acute Scale, GW general ward, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, Composite Adverse Outcome ICU admission or ED death.
ap-values were calculated using independent t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables.