Variable† |
11-31 March (n=140) |
April (n=229) |
May (n=169) |
1-10 June
(n=57) |
p |
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
Female
|
49 (35.0)
|
102 (44.5)
|
88 (52.1)
|
30 (52.6)
|
0.015
|
Male
|
91 (65.0)
|
127 (55.5)
|
81 (47.9)
|
27 (47.4)
|
|
Age (month) |
42.0 [25.0 – 74.5] |
36.0 [21.0 – 69.0] |
33.0 [18.0 – 66.0] |
33.0 [17.0 – 72.0] |
0.023 |
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
≤5 years
|
90 (64.3)
|
161 (70.3)
|
124 (73.4)
|
41 (71.9)
|
0.362
|
>5 years
|
50 (35.7)
|
68 (29.7)
|
45 (26.6)
|
16 (28.1)
|
|
Time of admission |
|
|
|
|
|
08:00 - 16:00
|
43 (31.4)
|
57 (25.3)
|
63 (37.5)
|
18 (31.6)
|
0.029
|
16:00 - 24:00
|
81 (59.1)
|
143 (63.6)
|
77 (45.8)
|
33 (57.9)
|
|
24:00 - 08:00
|
13 (9.5)
|
25 (11.1)
|
28 (16.7)
|
6 (10.5)
|
|
Admission status |
|
|
|
|
|
Referred
|
22 (16.1)
|
37 (16.3)
|
34 (20.1)
|
16 (28.1)
|
0.169
|
Direct admission
|
115 (83.9)
|
190 (83.7)
|
135 (79.9)
|
41 (71.9)
|
|
Type of admission |
|
|
|
|
|
Self-presented
|
133 (95.0)
|
214 (93.9)
|
154 (91.7)
|
57 (100.0)
|
0.100
|
EMS
|
7 (5.0)
|
14 (6.1)
|
14 (8.3)
|
0 (0.0)
|
|
Time to hospital admission |
|
|
|
|
|
1 hour
|
73 (57.9)
|
120 (58.5)
|
80 (49.1)
|
37 (64.9)
|
0.094
|
1-3 hours
|
26 (20.6)
|
44 (21.5)
|
49 (30.1)
|
7 (12.3)
|
|
3-6 hours
|
8 (6.3)
|
16 (7.8)
|
15 (9.2)
|
3 (5.3)
|
|
6-12 hours
|
8 (6.3)
|
9 (4.4)
|
3 (1.8)
|
6 (10.5)
|
|
>12 hours
|
11 (8.7)
|
16 (7.8)
|
16 (9.8)
|
4 (7.0)
|
|
Main clinical presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
Falls
|
91 (65.0)
|
154 (67.2)
|
118 (69.8)
|
42 (73.7)
|
0.414
|
Poisoning - drugs
|
7 (5.0)
|
3 (1.3)
|
6 (3.6)
|
1 (1.8)
|
|
Poisoning - other
|
2 (1.4)
|
0 (0.0)
|
2 (1.2)
|
0 (0.0)
|
|
Ingestion of corrosives
|
2 (1.4)
|
2 (0.9)
|
4 (2.4)
|
0 (0.0)
|
|
Respiratory foreign body
|
1 (0.7)
|
1 (0.4)
|
3 (1.8)
|
0 (0.0)
|
|
Esophageal foreign body
|
0 (0.0)
|
2 (0.9)
|
0 (0.0)
|
0 (0.0)
|
|
Gastrointestinal foreign body
|
2 (1.4)
|
5 (2.2)
|
0 (0.0)
|
1 (1.8)
|
|
Penetrating stab injury
|
11 (7.9)
|
27 (11.8)
|
14 (8.3)
|
3 (5.3)
|
|
Others
|
24 (17.1)
|
35 (15.3)
|
22 (13.0)
|
10 (17.5)
|
|