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Table 1 Comparison of patient characteristics and outcomes according to START triage categories

From: Comparison between simple triage and rapid treatment and Taiwan Triage and Acuity Scale for the emergency department triage of victims following an earthquake-related mass casualty incident: a retrospective cohort study

 

Overall

Minor category

Delay category

Immediate category

Deceased category

p value

n = 105

n = 79 (75.2%)

n = 21 (20.0%)

n = 1 (1.0%)

n = 4 (3.8%)

Sex, n (%)

     

0.84

 Male

42 (40.0)

33 (41.8)

7 (33.3)

0 (0)

2 (50)

 

 Female

63 (60.0)

46 (58.2)

14 (66.7)

1 (100)

2 (50)

 

Age, years, median (IQR)

45.0 (35.0)

38.0 (32.0)

59.0 (29.5)

80

49.5 (27.8)

0.008*

ED disposition, n (%)

     

< 0.001*

 ED mortality, n (%)

3 (2.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (75)

 

 ICU, n (%)

2 (1.9)

0 (0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

1 (25)

 

 Ward, n (%)

8 (7.6)

5 (6.3)

3 (14.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Observation, n (%)

7 (6.7)

4 (5.1)

2 (9.5)

1 (100)

0 (0)

 

 Discharge, n (%)

85 (81.0)

70 (88.6)

15 (71.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

CT, n (%)

18 (17.1)

8 (10.1)

8 (38.1)

1 (100)

1 (25)

0.002*

Blood transfusion, n (%)

3 (2.9)

0 (0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

2 (50)

0.001*

ED LOS in hours, median (IQR)

1.02 (1.02)

0.98 (0.89)

1.18 (2.41)

20.03

0.88 (0.41)

0.134

Mortality, n (%)

4 (3.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (100)

< 0.001*

ED medical expenses, median (IQR), USD

122.7 (164.1)

116.6 (83.4)

173.0 (484.5)

1150

552.7 (327.7)

0.003*

TTAS

     

< 0.001*

 Level I

5 (4.8)

0 (0)

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

4 (100)

 

 Level II

12 (11.4)

9 (11.4)

2 (9.5)

1 (100)

0 (0)

 

 Level III

82 (78.1)

66 (83.5)

16 (76.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Level IV

6 (5.7)

4 (5.1)

2 (9.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Level V

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 
  1. START simple triage and rapid treatment, IQR interquartile range, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, CT computed tomography, LOS length of stay, USD United States dollar, TTAS Taiwan Triage and Acuity Scale