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Table 3 Overall Physiological Status and clinical outcome in Pre vs Post intervention phases

From: Referrals to a pediatric emergency department of a tertiary care teaching hospital before and after introduction of a referral education module - a quality improvement study

Status

Pre-intervention n(%)

Post-intervention n (%)

P value

Compensated Referrals

834 (59.4)

600 (62.7)

0.11

 Respiratory distress

193 (15.1)

157 (16.4)

 Compensated shock

100 (7.2)

94 (9.8)

 Primary brain dysfunction

541 (38.5)

349 (36.5)

Decompensated Referrals

513 (36.5)

309 (32.3)

0.03

 Respiratory failure

283 (20.5)

174 (18.2)

 Hypotensive shock

215 (13.7)

130 (13.6)

 Cardiopulmonary failure

15 (1)

5 (0.5)

Cardiopulmonary arrest

56 (4)

48 (5)

0.23

ER mortality

107 (7.6)

70 (7.3)

0.11