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Table 2 – Risk factors determining the hospitalization (201 patients)

From: “Characteristics of patients admitted to emergency department for asthma attack: a real-LIFE study”

 

Hospitalized patients

(n 78)

Discharged patients (n 123)

p =

Age - years (range)

60.8 (12–65)

43.5 (12–63)

< 0.001

DA (%)

64.1

55

0.009

≥1 ED admission (%)

16.7

11.4

0.010

SaO2% (SD)

89.8 (8.09)

96.1 (2.74)

< 0.001

Respiratory rate (SD)

22 (3.97)

18.53 (2.76)

< 0.001

Pulse rate (SD)

85.4 (15.01)

80.33 (13.04)

0.004

Years from diagnosis (SD)

14.53 (5.88)

7.41 (11.26)

Ns

ED admission code (%)

Green 15.4%

Yellow 64.1%

Red 20.5%

Green 57.7%

Yellow 42.3%

< 0.001

Inability to complete a sentence (%)

67.95

13.82

< 0.001

  1. Age - yrs. (range): mean age of the two considered groups. DA (%): percentage of patients with previous asthma diagnosis. ≥1 ED admission (%): percentage of patients with more than one ED admission in the last 12 months. SaO2% (SD): mean pulse oximetry at ED visit. Respiratory rate (SD): mean values of respiratory rate at ED visit. Pulse rate (SD): mean values of pulse rate at ED visit. Years from diagnosis (SD): numbers of years since the diagnosis of asthma. ED admission code (%): index of disease severity (green: low severity; yellow: medium severity; red: emergency). Inability to complete a sentence (%): percentage of people who could not complete a sentence due to dyspnea
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