Table 6.
The inappropriateness of antimicrobial therapy by medical specialties (n=251)
| Ward | IAPa use n (%) |
APb use n (%) |
p-value | ORc (95% CId) for inappropriate therapy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal medicine | 31 (72.0) | 11 (25.6) | 0.180 | 0.59 (0.27–1.28) |
| Traumatology | 24 (88.9) | 1 (3.7) | 0.069 | 6.67 (0.86–50.0) |
| ICUe | 15 (75.0) | 3 (15.0) | 0.689 | 1.30 (0.36–4.76) |
| Pediatrics | 23 (76.6) | 7 (23.3) | 0.452 | 0.70 (0.28–1.75) |
| Gynecology | 36 (64.3) | 5 (8.93) | 0.046 | 2.70 (1.02–7.69) |
| Surgery | 34 (89.5) | 3 (7.89) | 0.084 | 2.94 (0.87–10.0) |
| Infection | 21 (56.8) | 16 (43.2) | <0.001 | 0.21 (0.10–0.46) |
| Total | 184 (73.3) | 46 (18.3) | 0.090 | 0.89 (0.78–1.02) |
a IAP: inappropriate
b AP: appropriate
c OR: odds ratio; reference category is ‘all other wards studied’
d CI: confidence interval
e ICU: intensive care unit