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. 2012 Oct 2;5:26. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-5-26

Table 2.

Patient characteristics and extrinsic exposures

  Number of patients Percentage
Age (years)
 
 
 ≤ 15 ans
283
23.7
 16 - 40
387
32.4
 41 - 60
339
28.4
 > 60
186
15.6
Gender
 
 
 Female
600
50.2
 Male
595
49.8
Provenance
 
 
 home
932
78.0
 Hospital
263
22.0
MacCabe index
 
 
 Non fatal disease
742
62.1
 Ultimately fatal disease
394
33.0
 Rapidly fatal disease
59
4.9
ASA* grade
 
 
 0
4
0.3
 1
533
44.6
 2
183
15.3
 3
90
7.5
 4
10
0.8
 5
0
0
 unspecified
375
31.4
Immune deficiency
 
 
 Yes
195
16.3
 No
1000
83.7
Diabetes
 
 
 Yes
101
8.5
 No
1094
91.5
Surgery
 
 
 Yes
240
20.1
 No
955
79.9
Intravascular catheter
 
 
 Yes
276
23.1
 No
919
76.9
Urinary catheter
 
 
 Yes
114
9.5
 No
1081
90.5
mechanical ventilation
 
 
 Yes
14
1.2
 No
1181
98.8
Antimicrobials
 
 
 Yes
392
32.8
 No
803
67.2
Length of hospital sty (days)
 
 
 ≤ 5
341
28.5
 6 - 10
317
26.5
 11 - 20
245
20.5
 > 20 292 24.4

*American Society of Anesthesiologists.