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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Accuracy of emergency department triage using the Emergency Severity Index and independent predictors of under-triage and over-triage in Brazil: a retrospective cohort analysis

Age (IQR)

39 (29.7–59.2)

Sex (%)

 Female

59,091 (61.51)

 Male

36,632 (38.13)

Vitals (IQR)

 Temperature (Fahrenheit)

97.3 (96.6–98.2)

 Pulse (bpm)

85 (75.0–98.0)

 Respiratory rate (rpm)

20 (18.0–20.0)

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128 (117.0–141.0)

 Oxygen saturation (%)

98 (97.0–99.0)

Triage level (%)

 ESI 1

272 (0.28)

 ESI 2

17,334 (18.04)

 ESI 3

47,207 (49.14)

 ESI 4

29,921 (31.14)

 ESI 5

1337 (1.39)

Arrival time (%)

 8 AM–12:59 PM

30,565 (31.82)

 1 PM–4:59 PM

23,085 (24.03)

 5 PM–8:59 PM

19,620 (20.42)

 9 PM–12:59 AM

12,941 (13.47)

 1 AM–7:59 AM

9860 (10.26)

VAS pain score (%)

 Mild (0–3)

39,376 (40.99)

 Moderate [4,5,6,7]

32,517 (33.85)

 Severe [8,9,10]

22,836 (23.77)

Hospital admission (%)

14,508 (15.10)

Critical outcomes (%)

 ICU admission

183 (0.19)

 Death

1019 (1.06)

 Surgery

1991 (2.07)

 Cardiac catheterization

219 (0.23)

 Hospital transfer

48 (0.05)

In-hospital mortality

1290 (1.34)

  1. bpm beats per minute, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, rpm respirations per minute, VAS visual analog scale