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. 2019 Mar 8;25(2):297–303. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2018.0279

Table 3.

Analysis of the Potential Risk Factors for Multiantibiotic-Resistant Infections (N = 2,973)

Risk factors Infections (n = 113) Odds ratio p
Yes No
Age     0.45 <0.001
 ≤1 year 60 965    
 >1 year 53 1,895    
Departments        
 Orthopedics 37 1,210   0.075
 Heart surgery 43 1,046 1.276 0.284
 General surgery 33 604 1.738 0.023
Surgery type     0.222 <0.001
 Emergency 48 403    
 Scheduled 65 2457    
Preoperative length of stay     1.199 0.396
 ≤3 days 81 2,151    
 >3 days 32 709    
Admission season        
 Spring 25 1,009   0.024
 Summer 26 562 1.867 0.028
 Autumn 19 483 1.588 0.135
 Winter 43 806 2.153 0.003
Incision type        
 Clean 44 1,509   <0.001
 Clean contaminative 30 1,162 0.885 0.612
 Contaminative 19 141 4.621 <0.001
 Dirty 20 48 14.29 <0.001
Duration of operation     1.949 0.01
 <3 hr 94 2,595    
 ≥3 hr 19 265    
Preoperative infection     0.146 <0.001
 Yes 76 661    
 No 37 2,199    
Intraoperative blood loss     1.104 0.849
 <50 mL 109 2,768    
 ≥50 mL 4 92    
Nature of surgery     0.155 0.009
 Minimal 111 2,563    
 Conventional 2 297    
Postoperative invasive equipment     0.528 0.001
 Yes 68 1,269    
 No 45 1,591    
Duration of catheter drainage        
 No 22 1,735   <0.001
 <3 days 28 760 2.906 <0.001
 ≥3 days 63 365 13.612 <0.001
Timepoint for prophylactic antibiotics        
 No 8 1,337   <0.001
 0.5–1 hr postoperatively 57 1,121 8.498 <0.001
 Other 48 402 19.955 <0.001