Table 3.
Length of hospital stay and procedures of patients with hospitalization for diabetic foot infection
| Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangrene | Osteomyelitis | Ulcer | Foot Cellulitis or Abscess |
Toe Cellulitis or Abscess |
Paronychia | Other | |
| 11,666 | 4,133 | 20,142 | 4,438 | 1,395 | 289 | 18,944 | |
| Length of stay (days) | |||||||
| Median | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Mean(SD) | 31.1 (61.6) | 28.5 (62.5) | 20.0 (62.5) | 12.6 (34.9) | 15.2 (86.6) | 27.8 (96.5) | 13.9 (44.4) |
| Diagnostic studies | |||||||
| Arteriogram leg | 12.7% | 4.1% | 5.8% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| Aortogram | 7.8% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2.5% | < 1% | 1.2% |
| Treatments | |||||||
| Any current amputation | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Any past amputation | 11.0% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| Excisional debridement | 3.5% | 5.4% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Skin/subcutaneous I & D | 1.2% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Outcomes at 1 year | |||||||
| Amputations | 18.8% | 10.0% | 7.7% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Long-term care | 16.5% | 14.6% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 7.9% | 8.6% |
| Death | 24.4% | 12.5% | 19.3% | 11.5% | 12.0% | 14.9% | 13.2% |
Rows with large bold font show statistically significant trends after correction for multiple comparisons. Cells with large bold italic font show findings that correspond to clinical expectation (as considered in discussion)