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Table 2 EC interventions stratified by time period and top 6 diagnoses

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

EC intervention

Pre-residency

Post-residency

Chi2

Overall

N = 937

N = 780

 

IV crystalloid infusion

516 (55.5)

369 (47.6)

0.001

IV fluid amount (ml)

2057

2526

t test = 0.0001

Blood products transfused

88 (16.1)

58 (14.8)

0.6

 Vasopressors

18 (1.9)

4 (0.5)

0.01

 Intubation

29 (3.1)

13 (1.7)

0.06

 Antibiotics

346 (37.2)

327 (42.2)

0.04

 O2 therapy

169 (18.2)

113 (14.6)

0.046

Gastrointestinal

N = 244

N = 197

 

 IV crystalloid infusion

169 (69.3)

125 (63.5)

0.2

 IV fluid amount (ml)

2784.5

3266.8

t test = 0.04

Blood products transfused

20 (8.2)

12 (6.1)

0.4

 Vasopressors

4 (1.6)

1 (0.5)

0.3

 Intubation

3 (1.2)

2 (1.0)

0.8

 Antibiotics

100 (40.9)

100 (50.7)

0.04

 O2 therapy

20 (8.2)

12 (6.1)

0.4

Infectious disease

N = 126

N = 121

 

IV crystalloid infusion

79 (62.7)

62 (51.2)

0.07

IV fluid amount (ml)

2033.8

2250

t test = 0.5

Blood products transfused

12 (9.5)

8 (6.6)

0.4

 Vasopressors

3 (2.4)

0 (0)

0.09

 Intubation

4 (3.2)

5 (4.1)

0.7

 Antibiotics

75 (59.5)

74 (61.2)

0.8

 O2 therapy

35 (27.8)

16 (13.2)

0.005

Neurologic

N = 113

N = 80

 

IV crystalloid infusion

62 (54.9)

37 (46.3)

0.4

IV fluid amount (ml)

1416

1595

t test = 0.5

 Blood products transfused

3 (2.7)

0 (0)

0.2

 Vasopressors

1 (0.9)

1 (1.25)

0.8

 Intubation

13 (11.5)

2 (2.5)

0.02

 Antibiotics

35 (31.0)

26 (32.5)

0.8

 O2 therapy

29 (25.7)

13 (16.3)

0.1

Pulmonary

N = 71

N = 64

 

IV crystalloid infusion

29 (40.9)

27 (42.2)

0.9

IV fluid amount (ml)

1574

1761

t test = 0.5

 Blood products transfused

1 (1.4)

2 (3.1)

0.5

 Vasopressors

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Intubation

2 (2.8)

1 (1.6)

0.6

 Antibiotics

24 (33.8)

30 (46.9)

0.1

 O2 therapy

27 (38.0)

28 (43.8)

0.5

Cardiovascular

N = 80

N = 54

 

 IV crystalloid infusion

32 (40.0)

10 (18.5)

0.009

IV fluid amount

1629

2700

t test = 0.2

 Blood products transfused

5 (6.2)

4 (7.4)

0.79

 Vasopressors

6 (0.4)

2 (3.7)

0.4

 Intubation

2 (2.5)

1 (1.9)

0.8

 Antibiotics

18 (22.5)

9 (16.7)

0.4

 O2 therapy

30 (37.5)

19 (35.2)

0.8

Urologic or renal

N = 56

N = 64

 

 IV crystalloid infusion

18 (32.1)

15 (23.4)

0.29

 IV fluid amount

1233

1844

t test = 0.17

 Blood products transfused

4 (7.1)

2 (3.1)

0.31

 Vasopressors

2 (3.6)

0 (0)

0.13

 Intubation

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

0.28

 Antibiotics

11 (19.6)

18 (28.1)

0.28

 O2 therapy

5 (8.9)

9 (14.1)

0.38