| | |
ED visits for PE
| |
|---|
| | |
2001-2005
|
2006-2010
| |
|---|
|
Characteristic
| |
No. of obs.
|
Weighted %
|
(95%
CI)
|
No. of obs.
|
Weighted %
|
(95%
CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Age
|
Under 65 years
|
75
|
62.3%
|
(5.6%)
|
87
|
52.1%
|
(4.5%)
|
0.17
|
| |
65 years and over
|
48
|
37.7%
|
(5.6%)
|
73
|
48.0%
|
(4.5%)
| |
|
Sex
|
Male
|
53
|
43.9%
|
(5.6%)
|
70
|
46.0%
|
(5.1%)
|
0.78
|
| |
Female
|
70
|
56.1%
|
(5.6%)
|
90
|
54.0%
|
(5.1%)
| |
|
Race
|
White
|
100
|
80.1%
|
(5.8%)
|
123
|
80.1%
|
(4.0%)
|
0.87
|
| |
Black
|
21
|
18.8%
|
**
|
34
|
19.3%
|
(4.0%)
| |
| |
Other
|
2
|
1.1%
|
**
|
3
|
0.6%
|
**
| |
|
Hemodynamics
|
Stable
|
84
|
75.2%
|
(4.7%)
|
119
|
75.1%
|
(4.6%)
|
0.99
|
| |
Unstable
|
30
|
24.8%
|
(4.7%)
|
41
|
24.9%
|
(4.6%)
| |
|
CT or MRI
|
Yes
|
46
|
37.9%
|
(5.7%)
|
108
|
69.2%
|
(4.7%)
|
<0.0001
|
| |
No
|
77
|
62.1%
|
(5.7%)
|
52
|
30.8%
|
(4.7%)
| |
|
Disposition
|
Admission/Transfer
|
96
|
88.8%
|
(3.0%)
|
137
|
90.5%
|
(2.8%)
|
0.59
|
| |
Discharge from ED
|
23
|
11.8%
|
**
|
20
|
9.5%
|
**
| |
| |
Death on Arrival/in ED
|
4
|
1.9%
|
**
|
3
|
4.2%
|
**
| |
- **Indicates insufficient observations to generate reliable confidence intervals.
- Comparison of demographic, clinical and hospital data between the first (2001–5) and second (2006–10) half of the study period associated with ED visits for PE.
