Clinical events with and without a physician present before hospitalisation
| Variable | Prehospital physician | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | ||||
| Adjusted for baseline patient characteristics: age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, MI location, SBP, heart rate, treatment assignment, and time to treatment. | |||||
| CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. | |||||
| Sample size | 1045 | 594 | |||
| Pre-/in-hospital events | |||||
| Refractory ischaemia | 5.4 | 5.6 | 0.96 (0.62 to 1.50) | 0.92 (0.59 to 1.44) | 0.706 |
| Reinfarction | 4.0 | 5.9 | 0.67 (0.42 to 1.06) | 0.66 (0.42 to 1.05) | 0.082 |
| Stroke (in hospital) | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.66 (0.77 to 3.56) | 2.02 (0.92 to 4.44) | 0.081 |
| Major bleeding | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.60 (0.35 to 1.02) | 0.68 (0.39 to 1.17) | 0.164 |
| 30 day events | |||||
| Death | 6.7 | 6.7 | 1.00 (0.67 to 1.49) | 1.27 (0.82 to 1.98) | 0.292 |
| Reinfarction | 4.2 | 6.4 | 0.64 (0.41 to 1.01) | 0.68 (0.43 to 1.06) | 0.087 |
| Serious recurrent ischaemia | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.52 (0.25 to 1.09) | 0.51 (0.25 to 1.07) | 0.077 |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.42 (0.91 to 6.44) | 2.99 (1.08 to 8.23) | 0.034 |
| Death/repeat MI | 10.2 | 12.8 | 0.77 (0.57 to 1.06) | 0.88 (0.63 to 1.23) | 0.451 |
| Death/MI/ischaemia | 11.2 | 15.2 | 0.71 (0.53 to 0.95) | 0.80 (0.58 to 1.09) | 0.148 |