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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of patients who attended the MNH ED 2019–2021

From: Critical illness at the emergency department of a Tanzanian national hospital in a three-year period 2019–2021

Variable

2019 (61,815)

2020 (47,361)

2021 (49,269)

Overall (158,445)*

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

Severely Deranged SBP

    

No

47,023 (76.1)

36,617 (77.3)

38,574 (78.3)

122,214 (77.1)

Yes

1052 (1.7)

716 (1.5)

760 (1.5)

2528 (1.6)

Missing

13,740 (22.2)

10,028 (21.2)

9935 (20.2)

33,703 (21.3)

Severely Deranged RR

    

No

54,390 (88.0)

42,407 (89.5)

42,504 (86.3)

139,301 (87.9)

Yes

981 (1.6)

977 (2.1)

825 (1.7)

2783 (1.8)

Missing

6444 (10.4)

3977 (8.4)

5940 (12.1)

16,361 (10.3)

Severely Deranged HR

    

No

53,636 (86.8)

42,049 (88.8)

42,148 (85.5)

137,833 (87.0)

Yes

2498 (4.0)

1963 (4.1)

1869 (3.8)

6330 (4.0)

Missing

5681 (9.2)

3349 (7.1)

5252 (10.7)

14,282 (9.0)

Severely Deranged SpO2

    

No

54,832 (88.7)

42,870 (90.5)

42,757 (86.8)

140,459 (88.6)

Yes

1396 (2.3)

1245 (2.6)

1384 (2.8)

4025 (2.5)

Missing

5587 (9.0)

3246 (6.9)

5128 (10.4)

13,961 (8.8)

Severely Deranged GCS

    

No

8259 (13.4)

7754 (16.4)

7759 (15.7)

23,772 (15.0)

Yes

311 (0.5)

232 (0.5)

238 (0.5)

781 (0.5)

Missing

53,245 (86.1)

39,375 (83.1)

41,272 (83.8)

133,892 (84.5)

Received Critical Care Intervention

    

No

55,786 (90.2)

42,673 (90.1)

42,109 (85.5)

140,568 (88.7)

Yes

1966 (3.2)

1648 (3.5)

1861 (3.8)

5475 (3.5)

Missing

4063 (6.6)

3040 (6.4)

5299 (10.8)

12,402 (7.8)

  1. SBP- Systolic Blood Pressure, RR- Respiratory rate, HR- Heart rate, GCS- Glasgow Coma Scale, SpO2- Oxygen Saturation
  2. * The sum of severely deranged individual vital signs is more than the total number of critically ill patients as patients could have more than one severely deranged vital sign