Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes comparison between triage levels
Overall | Triage level I | Triage level II | Triage level III | p value for | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 48 | N = 14 | N = 19 | N = 15 | Difference | |||||
Gender, N (%) | 0.623 | ||||||||
Female | 27 | (56.3) | 9 | (64.3) | 11 | (57.9) | 7 | (46.7) | |
Male | 21 | (43.7) | 5 | (35.7) | 8 | (72.7) | 8 | (53.3) | |
Age in years, mean (SD) | 24.9 | (8.8) | 26.6 | (11.6) | 25 | (9.0) | 23.1 | (3.5) | 0.588 |
TBSA of 2nd to 3rd-degree of burn (%), mean (SD) | 35.6 | (23.8) | 57.9 | (15.4) | 40.5 | (15.9) | 8.7 | (7.8) | < 0.001 |
ED intervention, N (%) | |||||||||
Endotracheal intubation | 17 | (35.4) | 13 | (92.9) | 3 | (15.8) | 1 | (6.7) | < 0.001 |
CVC | 22 | (45.8) | 10 | (71.4) | 11 | (57.9) | 1 | (6.7) | < 0.001 |
Surgery, N (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Escharotomy | 22 | (45.8) | 12 | (85.7) | 9 | (47.4) | 1 | (6.7) | |
Tangential excision of necrotic skin | 17 | (35.4) | 2 | (14.3) | 10 | (52.6) | 5 | (33.3) | |
No surgery | 9 | (18.8) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 9 | (60.0) | |
Overall procedures, N (%) | 4.3 | (3.6) | 6.2 | (2.3) | 5.3 | (3.9) | 1.0 | (1.4) | < 0.001 |
ED disposition, N (%) | < 0.001 | ||||||||
ICU | 34 | (70.8) | 14 | (100) | 17 | (89.5) | 3 | (20.0) | |
Ward | 5 | (10.4) | 0 | (0) | 2 | (10.5) | 3 | (20.0) | |
Discharge | 8 | (16.7) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 8 | (53.3) | |
Transfer | 1 | (2.1) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (6.7) | |
ABSI, mean (SD) | 7.3 | (2.9) | 10.3 | (1.6) | 7.6 | (1.7) | 4.1 | (1.1) | < 0.001 |
ISS, mean (SD) | 16.5 | (13.2) | 27.3 | (14.1) | 19.4 | (6.8) | 2.7 | (2.8) | < 0.001 |
LOS in days, mean (SD) | |||||||||
ICU | 32.2 | (30.9) | 57.9 | (16.6) | 39.9 | (30.9) | 2.5 | (6.6) | < 0.001 |
Hospital | 48.6 | (37.0) | 73.9 | (15.3) | 62.2 | (36.4) | 12.0 | (17.1) | < 0.001 |
Mortality, N (%) | 2 | (4.2) | 2 | (14.3) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0.081 |