Table 1 Patient characteristics in the overall cohort and comparisons between those patients who received prehospital rapid sequence intubation and those who did not.

From: A retrospective cohort study on association of age and physician decision making for or against rapid sequence intubation in unconscious patients

 

Overall cohort

Prehospital RSI

p

No

Yes

n of patients

769

513 (67%)

256 (33%)

 

Age [years] (median, IQR)

67 (39–84)

72 (36–86)

61 (41–76)

 < 0.001

Age category (n, %)

 < 0.001

 < 18 years

66

50 (76%)

16 (24%)

18–29 years

72

52 (72%)

20 (28%)

30–49 years

108

63 (58%)

45 (42%)

50–64 years

122

60 (49%)

62 (51%)

65–74 years

94

51 (54%)

43 (46%)

75–84 years

126

80 (64%)

46 (36%)

 ≥ 85 years

181

157 (87%)

24 (13%)

Care dependency (n, %)

150

137 (91%)

13 (9%)

 < 0.001

GCS (median, IQR)

6 (3–7)

6 (4–7)

4 (3–6)

 < 0.001

Suspected cause (n, %)

 < 0.001

Trauma

78

8 (10%)

70 (90%)

Medical

115

92 (80%)

23 (20%)

Cerebrovascular

165

95 (58%)

70 (42%)

Seizure

157

136 (87%)

21 (13%)

Intoxication

89

61 (69%)

28 (31%)

Uncertain

122

84 (69%)

38 (31%)

Other

43

37 (86%)

6 (14%)

  1. GCS Glasgow Coma Score, IQR inter-quartile range, RSI rapid sequence intubation.
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