Table 1 Overview of variations in numbers of patients presenting to the ED due to chest pain, demographic characteristics and surrogate markers of severity throughout weeks 2–35 in 2019 and 2020
2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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Week 2–10 | Week 11–27 | Week 28–35 | Total study period Week 2–35 | Week 2–10 | Week 11–27 | Week 28–35 | Total study period Week 2–35 | |||||||||
No. of Patients | 490 | 893 | 353 | 1736 | 498 | 753 | 381 | 1632 | ||||||||
No. of Patients/Week | 54 | (SD 6) | 53 | (SD 7) | 44 | (SD 8) | 51 | (SD 8) | 55 | (SD 8) | 44 | (SD 6) | 48 | (SD 10) | 48 | (SD 9) |
No. of Male Patients | 266 | (54%) | 528 | (59%) | 191 | (54%) | 985 | (57%) | 267 | (54%) | 446 | (59%) | 194 | (51%) | 907 | (56%) |
Median Age | 61 | (IQR 21) | 63 | (IQR 23) | 64 | (IQR 27) | 63 | (IQR 23) | 60 | (IQR 25) | 61 | (IQR 25) | 61 | (IQR 27) | 61 | (IQR 25) |
< 60 years | 220 | (45%) | 372 | (42%) | 146 | (42%) | 738 | (43%) | 245 | (49%) | 354 | (47%) | 177 | (47%) | 776 | (48%) |
≥ 60 years | 270 | (55%) | 519 | (58%) | 205 | (58%) | 994 | (57%) | 253 | (51%) | 397 | (53%) | 199 | (53%) | 849 | (52%) |
Transportet by the EMS | 188 | (38%) | 342 | (38%) | 139 | (39%) | 669 | (39%) | 154 | (31%) | 260 | (35%) | 164 | (43%) | 578 | (35%) |
Triaged Red or Orange | 341 | (70%) | 636 | (71%) | 265 | (75%) | 1242 | (72%) | 313 | (63%) | 425 | (56%) | 245 | (64%) | 983 | (60%) |
Level of Care | ||||||||||||||||
Outpatient Care | 155 | (32%) | 296 | (33%) | 98 | (28%) | 549 | (32%) | 192 | (39%) | 252 | (33%) | 149 | (39%) | 593 | (36%) |
Admitted to Ward | 293 | (60%) | 558 | (62%) | 236 | (67%) | 1087 | (63%) | 289 | (58%) | 474 | (63%) | 209 | (55%) | 972 | (60%) |
HDU/ICU | 29 | (6%) | 32 | (4%) | 15 | (4%) | 76 | (4%) | 13 | (3%) | 18 | (2%) | 19 | (5%) | 50 | (3%) |
Discharge Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||||
Nonspecific Chest Pain | 179 | (37%) | 349 | (39%) | 136 | (39%) | 664 | (38%) | 189 | (38%) | 301 | (40%) | 159 | (42%) | 649 | (40%) |
Acute Coronary Syndrome | 54 | (11%) | 79 | (9%) | 46 | (13%) | 179 | (10%) | 49 | (10%) | 77 | (10%) | 42 | (11%) | 168 | (10%) |
Arrhythmia | 37 | (8%) | 78 | (9%) | 22 | (6%) | 137 | (8%) | 31 | (6%) | 52 | (7%) | 17 | (4%) | 100 | (6%) |
Other Cardiac Diagnoses | 65 | (13%) | 137 | (15%) | 51 | (14%) | 253 | (15%) | 68 | (14%) | 108 | (14%) | 59 | (15%) | 235 | (14%) |
30-day mortality | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||
Readmission rate (1–30 days) | 45 | (9%) | 104 | (12%) | 44 | (12%) | 193 | (11%) | 45 | (9%) | 92 | (12%) | 43 | (11%) | 180 | (11%) |