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Table 1 Baseline demographic clinical characteristics of patients in the resuscitation area during the pre-COVID-19 period and the COVID-19 period

From: The impact of COVID-19 on Emergency Department length of stay for urgent and life-threatening patients

 

pre-COVID-19 period (n=4119)

COVID-19 period (n=4159)

p value

Age, Median (IQR)(years)

64(48,75)

64(49,76)

> 0.05

Sex

  

> 0.05

 Male, n (%)

2564(62.2%)

2621(63%)

 

 Female, n (%)

1555(37.8%)

1538(37%)

 

Department

  

> 0.05

 Emergency internal medicine, n (%)

2500(60.7%)

2516(60.5%)

 

 Emergency surgery, n (%)

705(17.1%)

696(16.7%)

 

 Emergency neurology, n (%)

842(20.4%)

883(21.2%)

 

 Other, n (%)

72(1.7%)

64(1.5%)

 

Los, Median time (IQR)(h)

9.8 (3, 22)

13 (3.5, 23.9)

< 0.001

Mortality, n (%)

199(4.8%)

220(5.3%)

0.341