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Table 1 Patient presenting characteristics, triage vital signs, and shock index by time period (January–September 2013 and September 2015–June 2016)

From: Emergency medicine matters: epidemiology of medical pathology and changes in patient outcomes after implementation of a post-graduate training program at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda

 

Pre-residency (N = 929)

Post-residency implementation (N = 775)

Sex (%)

 Male

491 (52.9)

418 (53.9)

 Female

438 (47.2)

357 (46.1)

Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

Age (%)

 Overall median (IQR)

41 (29, 59)

40 (28, 60)

 16–44

515 (55.4)

446 ( 57.6)

 45–65

255 (27.5)

182 (23.5)

 > = 65

159 (17.1)

147 (19.0)

Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

Vital signs, median (IQR)

 Heart rate

98 (83, 115)

96 (81, 112)

 Respiratory rate

20 (20, 22)

20 (18, 20)

 Systolic blood pressure

123 (107, 141)

119 (106, 135)

Shock index (%)

 </= 0.9

466 (50.2)

388 (50.1)

 > 0.9

269 (29.0)

215 (27.7)

  Missing

194 (20.0)

172 (22.2)