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Table 3 Resource utilization in 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

Resource, N (%)

CT

34 (29.8)

22 (19.1)

0.083

84 (46.4)

70 (37.8)

0.096

MRI

9 (7.9)

8 (7.0)

0.845

58 (32.0)

51 (27.6)

0.348

lumbar puncture

5 (4.4)

3 (2.6)

0.722

10 (5.5)

6 (3.2)

0.316

ECG

64 (56.1)

52 (45.2)

0.144

124 (68.5)

106 (57.3)

0.031

laboratory examination

110 (96.5)

99 (86.1)

0.021

177 (97.8)

174 (94.1)

0.109

≥1 consultation with another specialty

53 (46.5)

30 (26.1)

0.002

83 (45.9)

82 (44.3)

0.194

  1. CT computed tomography, ECG electrocardiogram, HEINTS Heidelberg Neurological Triage System, LWBS left without being seen, MRI magnetic resonance imaging