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Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Mar 28;144:110693. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2021.110693

Table 2.

Prior antibiotic use before presentation to our hospital; median (range)

	Small (<.500cm³) n=55	Large (≥.500cm³) n=49	p value	No OR n=49	OR n=59	p value	Medial n=84	Non-Medial n=24	p value
Days on IV abx in our hospital	4 (2 – 9)	5 (3 – 22)	.055	4 (2 – 6)	5 (3 – 22)	<.001	4 (2–10)	6 (3–22)	.001
Days on both prior IV and oral abx from OSH	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 4)	.860	1 (0 – 4)	0 (0 – 4)	.872	1 (0–4)	0 (0–3)	.255
Total days on abx IV only (Both OSH and IP)	4 (2 – 9)	5 (3 – 22)	.007	4 (2 – 7)	6 (3 – 22)	<.001	4 (2–10)	6 (3–22)	<.001
Total days on all abx OSH and IP	5 (2 – 9)	6 (3 – 22)	.011	5 (2 – 8)	6 (3 – 22)	<.001	5 (2–10)	6 (3–22)	.004
OR Patients Only
	n=17	n=42			n=59		n=41	n=18
Days IV abx IP from admission to OR	1 (0 – 6)	0.5 (0 – 3)	.013	–	1 (0 – 6)	–	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 6)	.153
Days all IV abx to OR	1 (0 – 6)	1 (0 – 4)	.144	–	1 (0 – 6)	–	1 (0 – 4)	1 (0 – 6)	.284
Total days on all abx IP and OSH to OR	2 (0 – 6)	2 (0 – 4)	.073	–	2 (0 – 6)	–	2 (0 – 5)	2 (0 – 6)	.710
Days OR to discontinued IV^†	3 (2 – 6)	3 (1 – 21)	.795	–	3 (1 – 21)	–	3 (2 – 9)	4 (1 – 21)	.034

Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; IP, inpatient; abx, antibiotics; OSH, outside hospital

^†

Inpatient, not including PICC line