Table 5.
Patient variables and association with antibiotic use
| Patients on antibiotics, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No | Yes | P value |
| Surgery on admission | |||
| Yes | 5 (13.9%) | 31 (86.1%) | 0.001a |
| Type of surgery | |||
| Minimal | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (100.0%) | |
| NHSN | 1(5.6%) | 17 (94.4%) | 1.000b |
| McCabe score | |||
| Non-Fatal | 62 (37.6%) | 103 (62.4%) | |
| Rapidly Fatal | 10 (52.6%) | 9 (47.4%) | 0.386a |
| Ultimately Fatal | 3 (50.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | |
| Urinary catheter | |||
| Yes | 6 (18.8%) | 26 (81.3%) | |
| Peripheral Vascular Catheter | |||
| Yes | 38 (29.9%) | 89 (70.1%) | <0.001a |
NHSN, National Healthcare Safety Network surgery list defined in Annex IX of WHO protocol.17
a
Chi-squared test was performed.
b
Fisher’s exact test.