Table 2.
Potential determinants of outcome among children with infective endocarditis at Tikur Anbessa Hospital in Ethiopia, 2008-2013
| Outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Successful outcome n (%) | Adverse outcome no (%) | Total (%) | p-value | |
| Age (years) | 0-7 years | 7 (88) | 1 (13) | 8 (100) | P = 1.00 |
| 7 years or more | 26 (79) | 7 (21) | 33 (100) | ||
| Sex | Male | 8 (67) | 4 (33) | 12 (100) | P = 0.20 |
| Female | 25 (86) | 4 (14) | 29 (100) | ||
| Echocardiography | Veg.> = 10mm1 | 4 (50) | 4 (50) | 8 (100) | - |
| Veg.<10mm1 | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 10 (100) | ||
| No veg.seen | 11 (85) | 2 (15) | 13 (100) | ||
| Missing info | 10 (199) | 0 | 10 (100) | ||
| Systemic embolization (SE) | SE present | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 5 (100) | p = 0.03 |
| SE not reported | 27 (90) | 3 (10) | 30 (100) | ||
| Missing info | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Congestive heart failure (CHF) | CHF | 22 (81) | 5 (19) | 27 (100) | p = 1.00 |
| No CHF | 11 (79) | 3 (21) | 14 (100) | ||
| Treatment delay | Delay < 7 d | 30 (83) | 6 (17) | 36 (100) | p = 0.25 |
| Delay 7 d or more | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | 5 (100) | ||
| Duration of stay | Less than 28 d | 7 (64) | 4 (36) | 11 (100) | p = 0.18 |
| 28 d or more | 26 (87) | 4 (13) | 30 (100) | ||
$-Successful outcome-if the patient is discharged improved. Adverse out come,if the patients dies or discharged with major complications