Emergency medicine matters: epidemiology of medical pathology and changes in patient outcomes after implementation of a post-graduate training program at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda

Table 1 Patient presenting characteristics, triage vital signs, and shock index by time period (January–September 2013 and September 2015–June 2016)

	Pre-residency (N = 929)	Post-residency implementation (N = 775)
Sex (%)
Male	491 (52.9)	418 (53.9)
Female	438 (47.2)	357 (46.1)
Missing	0 (0)	0 (0)
Age (%)
Overall median (IQR)	41 (29, 59)	40 (28, 60)
16–44	515 (55.4)	446 ( 57.6)
45–65	255 (27.5)	182 (23.5)
> = 65	159 (17.1)	147 (19.0)
Missing	0 (0)	0 (0)
Vital signs, median (IQR)
Heart rate	98 (83, 115)	96 (81, 112)
Respiratory rate	20 (20, 22)	20 (18, 20)
Systolic blood pressure	123 (107, 141)	119 (106, 135)
Shock index (%)
</= 0.9	466 (50.2)	388 (50.1)
> 0.9	269 (29.0)	215 (27.7)
Missing	194 (20.0)	172 (22.2)

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