Evaluation of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Outcomes and Admission Decisions in Emergency Department Patients

Table 4

Physician reasoning for disposition decisions.

Reasoning^a	Home D/C (n=93)	Admitted (n=32)
Infection Size - n (%)	66 (71.0)	14 (43.8)
Infection Location - n (%)	23 (24.7)	6 (18.8)
Comorbidities - n (%)	0 (0.0)	18 (56.3)
Absence of Comorbidities - n (%)	55 (59.1)	0 (0.0)
Systemic Signs - n (%)	0 (0.0)	7 (21.9)
Absence of Systemic Signs - n (%)	2 (2.2)	0 (0.0)
Immunosuppressed Patient - n (%)	0 (0.0)	2 (6.3)
Failure of Prior Treatment - n (%)	0 (0.0)	9 (28.1)
Multiple reasons - n (%)	81 (87.1%)	24 (75.0%)

More than one reason could be chosen for each patient.
Admitted to CDU or medical floor.