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Table 4 Relationship between predictor variables and patient disposition

From: Treatment provider is most predictive of ED dismissal in minimally-injured trauma patients: a retrospective review

     

95% CI

  

Wald (df=1)

p

RR*

Lower

Upper

Provider

     
 

ED physician

26.865

< 0.001

3.641

2.234

5.935

 

Trauma surgeon

  

ref

  

GCS

     
 

14

1.794

0.180

0.588

0.27

1.279

 

15

  

ref

  

ISS

      
 

Scores = 5 to18

2.803

0.094

0.693

0.451

1.065

 

Scores = 1 to 4

  

ref

  

Age groups

     
 

Pediatric (0–18)

1.536

0.215

1.34

0.844

2.129

 

Older adult (55+)

1.745

0.187

0.636

0.325

1.244

 

Adults (19–54)

  

ref

  
  1. Note: Generalized Linear Model, binomial distribution, complementary log-log link function; ref=reference group.
  2. GCS=Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS=Injury Severity Score; p=probability; df=degrees of freedom; RR=Relative Risk; CI=confidence interval.