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Table 2 Presenting symptoms of acute and non-acute patients in pre-HEINTS and HEINTS groups

From: The use of a dedicated neurological triage system improves process times and resource utilization: a prospective observational study from an interdisciplinary emergency department

 

non-acute

acute

pre-HEINTS (N = 114)

HEINTS (N = 115)

p value

pre-HEINTS (N = 181)

HEINTS (N = 185)

p value

Presenting symptom, N (%)

 ataxia/movement disorder

0

5

0.060

0

5

0.061

 disorder of consciousness

3

3

1.000

12

13

1.000

 epileptic seizure

22

24

0.767

26

9

0.002

 headache

22

22

0.974

23

14

0.103

 other types of pain

4

0

0.059

1

0

0.498

 motor deficit

14

6

0.058

31

37

0.480

 confusion/amnesia

1

5

0.213

9

7

0.618

 impaired vision

4

3

0.722

9

10

1.000

 sensory deficit

9

13

0.381

16

15

0.802

Impaired speech/articulation/

 swallowing

1

5

0.213

26

21

0.436

 vertigo

28

19

0.132

13

50

< 0.001

 other

5

4

0.748

6

3

0.333

 non-neurological presenting symptom

4

5

1.000

6

1

0.065

 no classification possible

0

1

1.000

0

0

n. a.

  1. n. a. not applicable