Table 3.
Respondents’ answers on duration and administration of postoperative antibiotic use for complex appendicitis at their hospital, n (%)
| All n = 127 |
Northern Eur. n = 68 |
Western Eur. n = 46 |
Other n = 13 |
Denmark n = 16 |
Finland n = 19 |
Ireland n = 10 |
Lithuania n = 12 |
Norway n = 13 |
UK n = 29 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum duration | ||||||||||
| 24 h | 45 (35) | 15 (22) | 27 (59) | 3 (23) | 1 (6) | 11 (58) | 5 (50) | 1 (8) | 1 (8) | 22 (76) |
| 48 h | 13 (10) | 3 (4) | 5 (11) | 5 (38) | 0 | 2 (11) | 1 (10) | 1 (8) | 0 | 3 (10) |
| 3 days | 46 (36) | 37 (54) | 5 (11) | 4 (31) | 15 (94) | 3 (16) | 1 (10) | 5 (42) | 11 (85) | 2 (7) |
| 5 days | 18 (14) | 10 (15) | 7 (15) | 1 (8) | 0 | 3 (16) | 2 (20) | 4 (33) | 1 (8) | 1 (3) |
| 7 days | 5 (4) | 3 (4) | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (10) | 1 (8) | 0 | 1 (3) |
| All n = 127a |
Northern Eur. n = 67a |
Western Eur. n = 45 |
Other n = 13 |
Denmark n = 16 |
Finland n = 19 |
Ireland n = 10 |
Lithuania n = 12b |
Norway n = 13b |
UK n = 28 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most common duration | ||||||||||
| 24 h | 19 (15) | 10 (12) | 8 (18) | 1 (8) | 1 (6) | 4 (20) | 0 | 3 (25) | 0 | 8 (29) |
| 48 h | 10 (8) | 2 (2) | 6 (13) | 2 (15) | 0 | 1 (5) | 1 (10) | 1 (8) | 0 | 5 (18) |
| 3 days | 34 (27) | 24 (39) | 5 (11) | 5 (38) | 15 (94) | 1 (5) | 1 (10) | 2 (17) | 4 (31) | 4 (14) |
| 5 days | 35 (28) | 13 (19) | 18 (40) | 3 (23) | 0 | 5 (26) | 6 (60) | 3 (25) | 4 (31) | 8 (29) |
| 7 days | 26 (20) | 15 (25) | 8 (18) | 2 (15) | 0 | 8 (40) | 2 (20) | 2 (17) | 4 (31) | 3 (11) |
| All n = 130 |
Northern Eur. n = 70 |
Western Eur. n = 47 |
Other n = 13 |
Denmark n = 17 |
Finland n = 19 |
Ireland n = 10 |
Lithuania n = 12 |
Norway n = 13 |
UK n = 30 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common administration | ||||||||||
| Intravenous (IV) | 36 (28) | 23 (30) | 8 (17) | 5 (38) | 8 (47) | 3 (16) | 3 (30) | 5 (42) | 4 (31) | 5 (17) |
| Combined (IV/PO) | 93 (72) | 46 (61) | 39 (81) | 8 (62) | 8 (47) | 16 (84) | 7 (70) | 7 (58) | 9 (69) | 25 (83) |
| Oral (PO) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results shown for all respondents, per region and per country with at least 10 respondents that completed the relevant survey items
aThree other responses: 2 × 4 days and 1 × 10 days
bOne other response: 4 days