Table 2.
Summary of procedures performed during hospitalization for the index infection
| Parameters | Brazil (n=89) | France (n=65) | Italy (n=68) | Russia (n=74) | Spain (n=89) | Total (N=385) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with procedures undertaken during hospitalization for the index infection, n (%) | ||||||
| Surgical interventiona | 77 (86.5) | 41 (63.1) | 47 (69.1) | 68 (91.9) | 62 (69.7) | 295 (76.6) |
| 1b | 45 (58.4) | 25 (61.0) | 33 (70.2) | 37 (54.4) | 32 (51.6) | 175 (58.3) |
| 2b | 15 (19.5) | 6 (14.6) | 10 (21.3) | 18 (26.5) | 20 (32.3) | 69 (23.4) |
| ≥3b | 17 (22.1) | 10 (24.4) | 4 (8.5) | 13 (19.1) | 10 (16.1) | 54 (18.3) |
| Mechanical ventilation | 54 (60.7) | 28 (43.1) | 12 (17.6) | 28 (37.8) | 24 (27.0) | 146 (37.9) |
| Other procedure | 19 (21.3) | 4 (6.2) | 17 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 37 (41.6) | 77 (20.0) |
| Endoscopy | 6 (6.7) | 7 (10.8) | 7 (10.3) | 6 (8.1) | 11 (12.4) | 37 (9.6) |
| None | 0 (0.0) | 20 (30.8) | 8 (11.8) | 2 (2.7) | 5 (5.6) | 35 (9.1) |
| Tracheostomy | 10 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 17 (23.0) | 6 (6.7) | 34 (8.8) |
| Hemodialysis | 11 (12.4) | 9 (13.8) | 3 (4.4) | 3 (4.1) | 4 (4.5) | 30 (7.8) |
| Number of surgical interventions to control the source infection | ||||||
| n | 50 | 30 | 24 | 61 | 53 | 218 |
| 1 | 31 (62.0) | 20 (66.7) | 20 (83.3) | 7 (60.7) | 37 (69.8) | 145 (66.5) |
| 2 | 8 (16.0) | 7 (23.3) | 3 (12.5) | 12 (19.7) | 14 (26.4) | 44 (20.2) |
| ≥3 | 11 (22.0) | 3 (10.0) | 1 (4.2) | 12 (19.7) | 2 (3.8) | 29 (13.3) |
Notes: Percentages are calculated with numbers of patients for whom data were available as the denominator for each category as the denominator; total of percentages may exceed 100%. More than one procedure may apply for a single patient.
a
Surgical interventions refer to open abdomen procedures. Percutaneous interventions, interventional radiology and laparoscopic procedures were recorded as “other procedures”, including those performed to control the infection.
b
n (%) of those undergoing a surgical intervention.