Table 2 Presentations with psychosis – demographics, clinical data and disposition from the ED

 Total

29 years (24-38)

31 years (24-39)

0.077^b

 Males

276 (79.3)^a

29 years (24-38)

3892 (75.1)^a

32 years (25-39)

0.041^b

 Females

72 (20.7)^a

26.5 years (22-39)

1289 (24.9)^a

28 years (22-37)

0.675^b

 Respiratory rate

18 /min (5)

16 /min (5)

<0.001

 Heart rate

100 /min (22)

91 /min (24)

< 0.001

 Systolic blood pressure

131 mmHg (20)

125 mmHg (21)

< 0.001

 Diastolic blood pressure

80 mmHg (16)

77 mmHg (16)

0.004

 Temperature

36.7 °C (0.8)

36.3 °C (0.9)

< 0.001

 Blood glucose

5.7 mmol/L (5.1-6.9)

5.6 mmol/L (4.9-6.7)

0.079

  Alert (GCS 15)

203 (58.3)

2564 (49.5)

0.002

  Drowsy (GCS 8-14)

122 (35.1)

2013 (38.9)

0.002

  Comatose (GCS ≤ 7)

9 (2.6)

448 (8.6)

< 0.001

  Not recorded

14 (4.0)

156 (3.0)

0.369

 Hallucinations

152 (43.7)

232 (4.5)

< 0.001

 Agitation/aggression

220 (63.2)

1247 (24.1)

< 0.001

 Anxiety

129 (37.1)

911 (17.6)

< 0.001

 Hyperthermia

7 (2.0)

67 (1.3)

0.375

 Medically discharged

132 (37.9)

3016 (58.2)

< 0.001

 Self discharge

50 (14.4)

906 (17.5)

0.157

 Admitted critical care

14 (4.0)

318 (6.1)

0.140

 Admitted psychiatric ward

114 (32.8)

170 (3.3)

< 0.001

 Admitted other

38 (10.9)

739 (14.3)

0.097

 Death

-

16 (0.3)

0.601

 Unknown

-

16 (0.3)

0.601

Length of stay in hospital

5.1 hours (2.3-13.6)

4.6 hours (2.5-9.7)

0.176

Total

348 (100)

5181 (100)