Table 4.
Comparison between Outcomes for Matched Patients with and without Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
| No CAUTI |
CAUTI |
p* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1,492) | (n = 1,492) | ||
| Median hospital LOS (IQR), d | 8 (5–16) | 20 (12–34) | <0.01 |
| Median ventilator days (IQR), d | 0 (0–5) | 6 (0–15) | <0.01 |
| Median ICU days (IQR), d | 3 (0–9) | 12 (5–20) | <0.01 |
| Unplanned events | |||
| Intubation | 39 (2.6%) | 172 (11.5%) | <0.01 |
| Operation | 25 (1.7%) | 65 (4.4%) | <0.01 |
| ICU admission | 37 (2.5%) | 177 (11.9%) | <0.01 |
| Complications | |||
| Severe sepsis | 23 (1.5%) | 91 (6.1%) | <0.01 |
| CLABSI | 1 (0.1%) | 16 (1.1%) | <0.01 |
| VAP | 58 (3.9%) | 223 (14.9%) | <0.01 |
| DVT | 40 (2.7%) | 126 (8.4%) | <0.01 |
| PE | 16 (1.1%) | 49 (3.3%) | <0.01 |
| MI | 7 (0.5%) | 15 (1.0%) | 0.13 |
| Stroke | 15 (1.0%) | 37 (2.5%) | <0.01 |
| Disposition | |||
| Inpatient death | 150 (10.1%) | 100 (6.7%) | <0.01 |
| Discharge home | 384 (25.7%) | 153 (10.3%) | <0.01 |
| Discharge not home | 958 (64.2%) | 1239 (83.0%) | <0.01 |
CAUTI = catheter-associated urinary tract infection; LOS = length of stay; IQR = interquartile range; ICU = intensive care unit; CLABSI = central line associated blood stream infection; VAP = ventilator associated pneumonia; DVT = deep venous thrombosis; PE = pulmonary embolism; MI = myocardial infarction.
*
Groups compared using exact McNemar test for categoric variables and Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test for continuous variables. A two-tailed p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant.