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Table 3 Categories of final diagnosis at ICU/PICU

From: Association of intensive care unit or paediatric intensive care unit admissions with the method of transporting patients: a multicentre retrospective study

Diagnosis

Family transport group

(n = 871)

EMS transport group

(n = 2092)

p-value

OR

Intrinsic disease

805 (92.4)

1603 (76.6)

<  0.01*

3.72

Neuromuscular disease (%)

138 (17.1)

672 (41.9)

<  0.01*

0.29

Respiratory disease (%)

411 (51.1)

415 (25.9)

<  0.01*

2.99

Cardiovascular disease (%)

60 (7.5)

114 (7.1)

0.802

1.05

Gastrointestinal, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic disease (%)

66 (8.2)

148 (9.2)

0.405

0.88

Renal disease (%)

17 (2.1)

36 (2.2)

0.884

0.94

Infectious disease (%)

63 (7.8)

61 (3.8)

<  0.01*

2.15

Oncologic disease (%)

12 (1.5)

32 (2.0)

0.424

0.74

Metabolic/Endocrinologic disease (%)

15 (1.9)

46 (2.9)

0.169

0.64

Immunology disease

11 (1.4)

33 (2.1)

0.262

0.66

Other (%)

12 (1.5)

46 (2.9)

0.047

0.51

Extrinsic disease

66 (7.6)

489 (23.4)

<  0.01*

0.27

Trauma (%)

50 (75.8)

373 (76.3)

0.879

0.97

ISS > 15 (%)

17 (34)

140 (37.5)

0.755

0.86

Foreign body (%)

8 (12.1)

26 (5.3)

0.049

2.46

Poisoning (%)

5 (7.6)

18 (3.7)

0.176

2.14

Burn (%)

3 (4.5)

25 (5.1)

1

0.88

Suicide (%)

0

10 (2.0)

0.617

0

Drowning (%)

0

34 (7.0)

0.024

0

Heatstroke (%)

0

3 (0.6)

1

0

  1. OR Odds ratio, ICU Intensive care unit, PICU Paediatric intensive care unit, EMS Emergency medical service
  2. *p <  0.01