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Table 5 Patients’ disposition and hospital outcomes

From: The clinical presentation, utilization, and outcome of individuals with sickle cell anaemia presenting to urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Disposition

N = 752

% (95% CI)

Admitted

534

71.0 (67.6–74.2)

Discharged from ED

213

28.3 (25.1–31.7)

Died in ED

5

0.7 (0.3–1.5)

Death within 24-h of ED presentation ϖ

8

1.1 (0.5–2.1)

Inpatient mortality φ

11

2.1 (1.2–3.7)

Overall mortality

16

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

 

Median

IQR

Median length of hospital stay

3 days

1–5 days

  1. ϖ Includes ED and inpatient deaths
  2. φ Includes only in patients’ deaths (denominator: N = 534) those who were admitted