Table 3.

Characteristics of IV to PO conversion therapy types in patients that were switched to oral agent and its effect on the length of IV therapy and length of stay

Type of conversion	Frequency, %
Switch over*
Sequential	62 (52.5)
Switch	2 (1.7)
Step-down	18 (15.3)
Discontinuation	36 (30.5)
Days of IV therapy (mean ± SD)	2.86 ± 1.16
Length of hospital stay (mean ± SD)	6.56 ± 0.24

Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests used for statistically significant differences.

Student t- test was used to analyze the length of hospital stay and duration of IV.

*P-value <0.0001.

Abbreviations: IV intravenous, PO oral, SD standard deviation, % percentage.