TABLE 3. Clinical outcomes by time from arrival at the emergency room to first dose of antibiotics or time to antibiotics (TTA).
|
Outcomes |
Pre-intervention group |
Post-intervention group |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TTA <120 min (n = 42) |
TTA >120 min (n = 54) |
p |
TTA <120 min (n = 29) |
TTA >120 min (n = 9) |
p |
|
|
Days of hospital stay median (IQR) |
93 (72–108) |
225 (168–333) |
|
9 (7–10) |
6 (5–33) |
|
|
Transfer to pediatric ICU n (%) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.28 |
0 (0) |
1 (11) |
0.28 |
|
Sepsis n (%) |
-- |
-- |
|
5 (65) |
3 (35) |
|
|
Severe sepsis n (%) |
-- |
-- |
|
2 (7) |
2 (22) |
0.19 |
|
Septic shock n (%) |
-- |
-- |
|
1 (3) |
3 (33) |
0.03 |
|
Death n (%) |
-- |
-- |
|
1 (3) |
3 (33) |
0.84 |
Note: min, minutes; IQR, interquartile range; ICU, intensive care unit; [--], no data; TTA, time to antibiotics.
Source: Prepared by the authors.