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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Implementation of an early attention strategy to reduce emergency room overcrowding in an academic institution in Colombia, a pilot study

 

PAT Protocol

Usual Protocol

P value

n

473

496

 

Age

54(36–73)

59(41–74)

0.017

Female sex (%)

268(65.7)

307(61.9)

0.111

Diagnosis group (%)

  

0.283

Infectious

124(26.2)

153(30.9)

 

Abdominal

98(20.7)

96(19.4)

 

Cardiovascular

51(10.8)

65(13.1)

 

Hematoncological

37(7.8)

23(4.6)

 

Neurological

37(7.8)

36(7.3)

 

Time to triage Min Median(IQR)

Median(IQR)

32(18–45)

30(17–43)

0.262