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Table 4 Performances related to complex chronic conditions

From: Children with special health care needs attending emergency department in Italy: analysis of 3479 cases

 

Number of diagnostic procedures

P valuea

Etiological diagnosis

0

1

≥2

Total

 

Syndromic disorders

554 (29.3)

697 (36.9)

640 (33.8)

1891

< 0.001

Inherited metabolic diseases

89 (22.5)

194 (49.1)

112 (28.4)

395

< 0.001

Neuromuscular diseases

56 (29.0)

61 (31.6)

76 (39.4)

193

0.122

Congenital skeletal condition

17 (30.4)

14 (25.0)

25 (44.6)

56

0.103

True microcephaly

4 (16.0)

21 (84.0)

0

25

< 0.001

Isolated CNS malformations

49 (25.3)

72 (37.1)

73 (37.6)

194

0.744

Epilepsy under AED

94 (21.5)

188 (43.0)

155 (35.5)

437

0.030

Medical devices users

54 (18.8)

95 (33.0)

139 (48.3)

288

< 0.001

  1. AED anti-epilepsy drugs CSN: central nervous system
  2. a Chi-squared test