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Table 1 Patients Characteristics

From: Differences in pain treatment between surgeons and anaesthesiologists in a physician staffed prehospital emergency medical service: a retrospective cohort analysis

Patient Characteristic

Study population (n = 8238)

Anaesthesiologists (n = 6492)

Surgeons (n = 1746)

p-values

Female, n (%)

3979 (48.7)

3131 (48.6)

848 (48.9)

0.84

Age, median (IQR)

64 (40–79)

64 (41–79)

63 (39–78)

0.12

Intubated, n (%)

280 (3.4)

212 (3.3)

68 (3.9)

0.20

GCS initial, median (IQR)

15 (14–15)

15 (14–15)

15 (14–15)

0.63

Disease Categories, n (%)

 Cardiovascular

2695 (32.7)

2106 (32.4)

589 (33.7)

0.31

  subgroup ACS cases

947 (11.5)

761 (11.7)

186 (10.7)

0.21

 Traumatic

1541 (18.7)

1199 (18.5)

342 (19.6)

0.29

  subgroup Polytrauma

72 (0.9)

48 (0.7)

24 (1.4)

0.013

 Neurologic

901 (10.9)

733 (11.3)

168 (9.6)

0.048

 Respiratory

670 (8.1)

535 (8.2)

135 (7.7)

0.49

 Visceral

564 (6.8)

449 (6.9)

115 (6.6)

0.63

 Mental

495 (6.0)

385 (5.9)

110 (6.3)

0.56

 Endocrinological

277 (3.4)

225 (3.5)

52 (3.0)

0.32

 Paediatrical

185 (2.2)

144 (2.2)

41 (2.3)

0.75

 Gynaecological/Obstetrical

54 (0.7)

44 (0.7)

10 (0.6)

0.63

 Other

856 (10.4)

672 (10.4)

184 (10.5)

0.82

  1. n (%), number (percentages), IQR Inter Quartile Range, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ACS acute coronary syndrome