Table 2 Population’s characteristics at first contact, final diagnosis and pathway
Patients with one contact other than GP | No respiratory support | Respiratory support required | |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 546) | (n = 497) | (n = 49) | |
Parameters at first contact: | |||
- Respiratory rate > 22 cpm | 259 (47) | 231 (46) | 28 (57) |
- SpO2 < 90% | 239 (44) | 201 (40) | 38 (78) |
- GLS ≤ 14 | 32 (6) | 17 (3) | 15 (31) |
- SBP < 90 mmHg | 18 (3) | 14 (3) | 4 (8) |
- HR > 100 bpm | 174 (32) | 151 (30) | 23 (47) |
Respiratory support required: | |||
- High flow oxygen | 2 (<1) | - | 2 (4) |
- Non-invasive ventilation | 41 (8) | - | 41 (84) |
- Mechanical ventilation | 4 (1) | - | 4 (8) |
- Prehospital death w/o support | 2 (<1) | - | 2 (4) |
Final diagnosis: | |||
- More than one diagnosis | 51 (9) | 47 (9) | 4 (8) |
- Acute heat failure | 111 (20) | 96 (19) | 15 (31) |
- Bacterial pneumonia | 143 (26) | 130 (26) | 13 (27) |
- COPD exacerbation | 75 (14) | 61 (12) | 14 (29) |
- Acute asthma | 13 (2) | 13 (3) | 0 |
- Pulmonary embolism | 12 (2) | 11 (2) | 1 (2) |
- Viral infection | 68 (12) | 63 (13) | 5 (10) |
- Others | 73 (13) | 67 (13) | 6 (12) |
- Unknown | 172 (32) | 168 (34) | 4 (8) |
Death before hospital admission | 4 (1) | 0 | 4 (8) |
Patients attending the hospital | 484 (89) | 439 (88) | 45 (92) |
Hospital admission after ED | 302 (55) | 257 (52) | 45 (92) |
7 day-mortality | 40 (7) | 27 (5) | 13 (27) |