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Table 1 Comparison of demographic and clinical variables between the transfer group (TG) and direct admit group (DAG)

From: A comparison of outcomes between transferred patients versus patients who presented directly to the emergency department with necrotizing fasciitis

 

TG

N = 68

DAG

N = 66

P-value

Age

46.96 ± 12.42

52.17 ± 12.82

0.0183

Gender, male (%)

43 (63.2%)

48(72.7%)

0.2393

Body mass index

32.56 ± 7.58

31.23 ± 8.03

0.3251

Initial vital signs

   

 Heart Rate

100.75 ± 19.1

101.14 ± 22.1

0.9139

 Respiratory Rate

19.65 ± 3.14

20.38 ± 4.06

0.2466

 Temperature

98.46 ± 1.55

98.42 ± 2.11

0.9141

 Systolic Blood Pressure

119.71 ± 28.17

117.68 ± 26.53

0.6694

 Diastolic Blood Pressure

70.94 ± 16.21

72.73 ± 18.09

0.5494

Shock index

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.29

0.8740

Pulse pressure

49.09 ± 17.52

44.95 ± 16.13

0.1592

Initial lab values

   

 White Blood Cell count

21.91 ± 11.85

25.3 ± 12.85

0.1151

 Hemoglobin

12.5 ± 2.93

12.88 ± 3.49

0.4918

 Glucose

216.88 ± 157.31

212.47 ± 155.83

0.8707

 pH

7.11 ± 0.59

7.15 ± 0.49

0.6293

 Creatinine

1.89 ± 1.65

2.06 ± 1.76

0.5776

 C-Reactive Protein

28.26 ± 16.97

18.66 ± 11.39

0.0298

 Sodium

136.07 ± 28.54

136.3 ± 28.4

0.9629

LRINEC score

6.94 ± 3.04

7.19 ± 3.41

0.8055

Time to OR

3.25 (2.1, 4.3)

8.75 (7, 14)

< 0.0001

ICU LOS

3 (2, 4)

3 (2, 3)

0.4845

Hospital LOS

12 (8.5, 23.5)

13.5 (8, 23)

0.9046

  1. TG = Transfer Group; DAG = Direct Admit Group; LRINEC = Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis; OR = Operation Room; LOS = length of stay. All values were presented as mean ± standard deviations or median with first and third quartiles inside the parenthesis
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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