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Table 4 Associations between admissions and ER visit characteristics of paediatric ER patients during 2018

From: Characteristics of visits and predictors of admission from a paediatric emergency room in Saudi Arabia

ER visit characteristics

Admission

P-value

No

45,240 (97.55)

Yes

1134 (02.45)

Complaint

  

< 0.001

 Cardiology

71 (94.7)

4 (05.3)

 

 Dental

231 (100.0)

0

 

 Dermatology

1735 (99.1)

16 (00.9)

 

 Endocrine

133 (65.8)

69 (34.2)

 

 ENT

2950 (99.2)

25 (00.8)

 

 Fever

12,375 (99.1)

117 (00.9)

 

 Genitourinary

356 (94.4)

21 (05.6)

 

 GI

6920 (97.7)

158 (02.3)

 

 Haematology

193 (59.0)

134 (41.0)

 

 Ophthalmology

1021 (99.3)

7 (00.7)

 

 Musculoskeletal

395 (99.0)

4 (01.0)

 

 Neurology

422 (91.3)

40 (08.7)

 

 Respiratory

11,250 (97.4)

304 (02.6)

 

 Surgery

360 (95.5)

17 (04.5)

 

 Toxicology

358 (92.5)

29 (07.5)

 

 Trauma

5085 (97.6)

127 (02.4)

 

 Others

1385 (95.7)

62 (04.3)

 

Triage

  

< 0.001

 I

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

 

 II

7 (70.0)

3 (30.0)

 

 III

1063 (85.6)

179 (14.4)

 

 IV

32,068 (97.4)

863 (02.6)

 

 V

12,099 (99.3)

85 (00.7)

 

Shift

  

< 0.001

 Morning

13,263 (97.2)

386 (02.8)

 

 Evening

21,099 (97.8)

469 (02.2)

 

 Night

10,878 (97.5)

279 (02.5)

 

Season

  

0.93

 Winter (Dec, Jan, Feb)

14,432 (97.5)

368 (02.5)

 

 Spring (Mar, Apr, May)

8266 (97.6)

199 (02.4)

 

 Autumn (Sep, Oct, Nov)

11,679 (97.6)

291 (02.4)

 

 Summer (Jun, Jul, Aug)

7846 (97.6)

195(02.4)

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