Table 4: Emergency Department Triage vitals and their association with positive COVID-19 test results.

 

Positive for

vital

COVID-19 Positive

 

 

ED* TRIAGE VITALS

N (%)

POSITIVE

Vital

 NEGATIVE

Vital

OR (95% CI)

P-VALUE

HR*

89 (56%)

12 (13.5%)

10 (14.1%)

0.95 (0.38-2.35)

0.91

RR*

44 (28%)

8 (18.2%)

14 (12.4%)

1.57 (0.61-4.06)

0.35

SPO2** < 92%

7 (4%)

1 (14.3%)

21 (13.7%)

1.05 (0.12-9.14)

1.00**

Temperature > 38 °C

42 (26%)

6 (14.3%)

16 (13.6%)

1.06 (0.39-2.92)

0.91

*Abbreviations: ED: Emergency department; HR: Heart rate; RR: Respiratory rate; SPO2: Peripheral oxygen saturation; **Fisher’s Exact