Baseline characteristics
| Emergency department | ||||||
| Maasstad | Erasmus | Fernando | St Marys | Wien | Total | |
| N | 10 484 | 13 968 | 53 175 | 15 027 | 19 268 | 111 922 |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Age in yrs (median, IQR) | 5.7 (1.9–11.6) | 4.1 (1.3–9.8) | 4.7 (2.0–9.5) | 3.8 (1.5–8.7) | 3.9 (1.6–8.3) | 4.4 (1.7–9.4) |
| Gender, n % female | 43.3 | 42.2 | 47.9 | 44.2 | 47.5 | 46.2 |
| Abnormal vital signs (95 th percentile APLS 2017)* | ||||||
| Tachypnea (%) | 32.9 | 20.3 | 10.8 | 16.9 | 22.3 | 16.9 |
| Bradypnea (%) | 1.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.3 |
| Tachycardia (%) | 18.2 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Bradycardia (%) | 4.4 | 7.9 | 6 | 4.3 | 10.3 | 6.6 |
| Oxygen saturation <94% (%) | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Fever (temp ≥38.5°C (%)) | 8 | 9.3 | 4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| No of abnormal vital signs (%) | ||||||
| 0 | 53.9 | 61.7 | 67 | 69.9 | 59.4 | 64.2 |
| 1 | 33.8 | 30.1 | 27.8 | 23.1 | 33.3 | 28.9 |
| 2 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| MTS urgency (%) | ||||||
| Emergent| very urgent | 15.7 | 14 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 11.2 |
| Urgent | 47.4 | 45.7 | 20.4 | 24.3 | 18.1 | 26.2 |
| Standard| non-urgent | 36.8 | 40.3 | 67.7 | 65.1 | 76.5 | 62.5 |
| Time of presentation (%) | ||||||
| Office hours | 39.8 | 47.3 | 42.3 | 36 | 43.6 | 42.1 |
| Out of office hours | 60.2 | 52.7 | 57.7 | 64 | 56.4 | 57.9 |
| Presentational flow chart categories | ||||||
| Cardiac | 0.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| Dermatologic | 8.5 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 9.9 | 14 | 12.8 |
| ENT | 1.6 | 3 | 14 | 4.4 | 14 | 10.2 |
| Gastrointestinal | 10 | 12.7 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 15.4 |
| Neurologic/psychiatric | 2.4 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Respiratory | 12.1 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 16.6 | 11.8 |
| Trauma/muscular | 44.3 | 29.9 | 14.7 | 23.2 | 3.3 | 18.6 |
| Unwell | 16.2 | 20.3 | 19 | 30.9 | 17.1 | 20.1 |
| Urinary/gynaecological | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Other | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 6 | 4.1 |
| Missing values | Maasstad | Erasmus | Fernando | St Marys | Wien | Total |
| Heart rate | 60.9% (n=6380) | 51.1% (n=7138) | 35.9% (n=19106) | 19.6% (n=2940) | 61.4% (n=11830) | 42.3% (n=47394) |
| Respiratory rate | 83.1% (n=8712) | 68.2% (n=9531) | 35.9% (n=19106) | 23.6% (n=3544) | 86.8% (n=16715) | 51.5% (n= 57608) |
| Oxygen saturation | 61.2% (N=6418) | 69.4% (n=9694) | 34.4% (n=18279) | 19.8% (n=2973) | 61.2% (n=11799) | 43.9% (n=49163) |
| Temperature | 57.9% (n=6069) | 47.4% (n=6626) | 12.1 % (n=6431) | 32.4% (n=4872) | 1% (n=194) | 21.6% (n= 24192) |
*Presented as percentage of measured values. Percentage of missing values of vital signs is displayed above.
ENT, ears, nose and throat; MTS, Manchester Triage System.