Table 2.

Time to Intervention by Treatment Group

Non-CT GroupCT Group
Interventionn=159n=203Difference of the MeansP Value
Mean time to otolaryngology consultation, minutes177 [80.5-210]352 [164-460]175 (95% CI, 129-221)<0.001
Mean time to admission, minutes223 [132-262]359 [211-478]136 (95% CI, 99.3-173)<0.001
Mean time to bedside procedure, minutes195 [92.5-232]377 [164-450]182 (95% CI, 126-238)<0.001
Mean time to surgical procedure, days0.21a1.28 [0.48-2.03]1.07 (95% CI, 0.902-1.24)0.13
  • aCalculated using nonparametric test due to the presence of only one data point.

  • Note: Data are presented as mean [lower quartile-upper quartile] unless otherwise indicated.

  • CI, confidence interval; CT, computed tomography.