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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics and Initial Vital Signs of Participants

From: Point-of-care ultrasound findings in unselected patients in an emergency department —results from a prospective observational trial

Characteristic

Total (n = 405)

Age, median (IQR)

55.7 (38.5; 70.1)

Male n (%)

247 (61.0)

BMI, median (IQR)

25.4 (22.9; 29.0)

BP systolic, mean (SD)

142.5 (25.5)

BP diastolic, mean (SD)

85.0 (14.9)

Temperature, median (IQR)

37 (36.6; 37.3)

Respiration rate, median (IQR)

16 (16; 18)

Heart rate, mean (SD)

76,2 (17,6)

Heart rate, median (IQR)

75 (65; 87)

SpO2, median (IQR)

98 (96; 99)

Smoker n (%)

53 (13.1)

Alcohol abuse n (%)

16 (4.0)

  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, SD standard deviation, SpO2 Peripheral oxygen saturation