ED Characteristics | All unique patientsa (N = 3291) |
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Demographics | |
Age, median (IQR) | 78.3 (74.0–83.6) |
Female, N (%) | 1748 (53.1) |
Time of ED visit, N (%) | |
Day 08.00 h-15.59 h | 1677 (51.0) |
Evening 16.00 h-23.59 h | 1254 (38.1) |
Night 00.00 h-07.59 h | 360 (10.9) |
Way of arrival, N (%) | |
Self-referral | 654 (19.9) |
Brought in by ambulance | 1159 (35.2) |
General practitioner | 1108 (33.7) |
LUMC internal | 338 (10.3) |
Other hospital | 28 (0.9) |
Unknown | 4 (0.1) |
Presentation, N (%) | |
Limb problems | 608 (18.5) |
Unwell | 598 (18.2) |
Chest pain | 346 (10.5) |
Shortness of breath | 304 (9.2) |
Abdominal pain | 214 (6.5) |
Collapsed | 168 (5.1) |
Falls | 122 (3.7) |
Wounds | 108 (3.3) |
Palpitations | 101 (3.1) |
Other | 722 (21.9) |
Consulting medical specialty, N (%) | |
Surgical | 1371 (41.7) |
Non-surgical | 1920 (58.3) |
Vital signsb | |
Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (sd) | 146.5 (28.3) |
Heart rate (beats/min), mean (sd) | 83.7 (21.0) |
Oxygen saturation (%), median (IQR) | 98 (3) |
Respiration rate (breaths/min), mean (sd) | 18.7 (5.5) |
Temperature (°C), mean (sd) | 36.9 (1.0) |
Pain score (NRS)b, median (IQR) | 3 (1–5) |
Laboratory results b,c | |
Haemoglobin (mmol/L), mean (sd) | 8.1 (1.2) |
Thrombocytes (*109/L), mean (sd) | 229 (94) |
Leukocytes (*109/L), median (IQR) | 8.75 (6.80–11.41) |
C-reactive protein (mg/L), median (IQR) | 6.0 (0.0–30.0) |
Sodium (mmol/L), mean (sd) | 139 (4) |
Potassium (mmol/L), mean (sd) | 4.3 (0.6) |
Creatinine (μmol/L), median (IQR) | 84 (67–109) |
Urea (mmol/L), median (IQR) | 7.6 (5.9–10.2) |
Troponin T (μg/L), median (IQR) | 0.014 (0.007–0.028) |
Non fasted glucose (mmol/L), mean (sd) | 7.9 (3.3) |