Table 2.
Risk factors for NI-CNS and outcomes in patients with (NI-CNS+) and without (NI-CNS−) nosocomial infection of the central nervous system.
| Number of patients with EVD and total duration | Number of patients with LD and total duration | Number of patients with no indwelling device | CSF leak | Skull base fracture | Intraventricular hemorrhage | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | Neurosurgical operations (other than EVD) | GOS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–5 | 1–2 | 1 | |||||||||
| NI-CNS+ | 5 (8.6 ± 3.1) | 1 (4) | 7 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | – | 2 |
| NI-CNS− | 1 (12) | 1 (3) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
EVD, external ventricular drain; LD, lumbar drain; GOS, Glasgow Outcome Scale.