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Table 1 Access modality, priority to triage and diagnosis of patients admitted to OBI

From: Utility of a pediatric observation unit for the management of children admitted to the emergency department

 

2016

2017

TOTAL

Number of patients admitted in OU

859

751

1610

Priority to triage

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 Green code

456 (53.1%)

341 (45.4%)

797 (49.5%)

 Yellow code

380 (44.2%)

348 (46.3%)

728 (45.2%)

 Red code

19 (2.2%)

58 (7.7%)

77 (4.8%)

 Not done

4 (0.5%)

0

4 (0.2%)

 White code

0 (0%)

4 (0.5%)

4 (0.2%)

Diagnosis

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 Abdominal pain

91 (10,6%)

70 (9,3%)

161 (10%)

 Minor head injury without loss of consciousness

67 (7,8%)

56 (7,5%)

123 (7,6%)

 Vomit/Dehydration

79 (9.2%)

49 (6,5%)

128 (7.9%)

 Epilepsy

45 (5,2%)

45 (6%)

90 (5,6%)

 Acute bronchiolitis

43 (5%)

42 (5,6%)

85 (5,3%)

 Febrile convulsion

30 (3,5%)

21 (2,8%)

51(3,2%)

 Convulsions

29 (3,4%)

24 (3,2%)

53 (3,3%)

 Temperature

29 (3,4%)

26 (3,5%)

55 (3,4%)

 Diarrhea

26 (3%)

17 (2,3%)

43 (2,7%)

 Moderate head injury (GCS 8–13)

26 (3%)

25 (3,3%)

51 (3,2%)

 Acute appendicitis

23 (2,7%)

17 (2,3%)

40 (2,5%)

 Ingestion of chemicals

23 (2,7%)

29 (3,9%)

52 (3,2%)

 Extrinsic asthma with exacerbation

16 (1,9%)

11 (1,5%)

27 (1,7%)

 Headache

15 (1,7%)

10 (1,3%)

25 (1,5%)

 Bacterial pneumonia

13 (1,5%)

12 (1,6%)

25 (1,5%)

 Syncope and presyncope

13 (1,5%)

12 (1,6%)

25 (1,5%)

 Other diagnoses

291 (33,9%)

285 (37,8%)

576 (35,8%)