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Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of SSTI between pre- and post-intervention patients.

From: Effect of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum on emergency department soft tissue management

Demographics

 

2016–2017 N = 38

2018–2019 N = 81

P-value

Age in years (± SEM)

7.92 (± 0.99)

6.83 (± 0.65)

0.3252

Gender (%)

0.0075

 Female

16 (42.11)

55 (67.90)

 

 Male

22 (57.89)

26 (32.10)

 

Race (%)

0.1873

 Asian

0 (0.0)

1 (1.23)

 

 Black

10 (26.32)

33 (40.74)

 

 White

27 (71.05)

47 (58.02)

 

 Unknown

1 (2.63)

0 (0.0)

 

SSTI infection

0.1378

 Cellulitis

26 (69.4)

60 (73.4)

 

 Abscess

10 (26.5)

17 (20.2)

 

 Other

2 (5.31)

4 (4.94)

 

SSTI location (%)

0.1727

 Upper extremity

6 (15.7)

13 (16.0)

 

 Lower extremity

18 (47.4)

36 (44.4)

 

 Buttock

9 (23.7)

11 (13.6)

 

 Cyst

3 (7.9)

11 (13.6)

 

 Other

2 (5.3)

10 (12.3)

 
  1. P = < 0.05 denotes statistical significance
  2. Min minimum, Max maximum