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Table 2 Disposition from EMD and outcomes of admitted patients

From: Non-traumatic chest pain in patients presenting to an urban emergency Department in sub Saharan Africa: a prospective cohort study in Tanzania

 

Overall

N = 349,

n /N (%)

Patients < 50 years

N = 212

n /N (%)

Patients > 50 years

N = 137

n /N (%)

Transferred out

2/349 (0.6)

2/137 (1.5)

Admission

167/349 (48)

89/212 (42)

78 /137 (57)

Admitted to wards

165/167 (99)

87/89 (98)

78/78 (100%)

Admitted to ICU

2/167 (1)

2/89 (2)

Mortality

N = 167

N = 89

N = 78

24-h mortality

5/167 (3)

3/89 (3.4)

2/78 (2.6)

7-day in-hospital mortality

16/167 (9.6)

7/89 (8.0)

9/78 (11.5)