Table 1. Baseline demographic and clinical data .
| Variables |
Pulsatile flushing (PF)
N (%) |
Continuous flushing (CF)
N (%) |
P value |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 16 (45.7) | 13 (36.1) | 0.41€ |
| Male | 19 (54.3) | 23 (63.9) | |
| Ward | |||
| Medical | 29 (82.9) | 29 (80.6) | 0.21€ |
| Surgical | 6 (17.1) | 7 (19.4) | |
| History of chronic disease | |||
| Yes | 11 (31.4) | 16 (44.4) | 0.49€ |
| No | 24 (68.8) | 20 (55.6) | |
| BMI | |||
| Underweight | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.8) | 0.25€ |
| Normal | 22 (62.9) | 26 (72.2) | |
| Pre-obesity and obesity | 12 (34.3) | 9 (25) | |
| Antibiotic type | |||
| Ceftriaxone | 27 (77.2) | 28 (77.7) | 0.39¥ |
| Cefazoline | 4 (11.4) | 3 (8.3) | |
| Gentamycin | 2 (5.7) | 3 (8.3) | |
| Ciprofloxacin | 2 (5.7) | 2 (5.7) |
€Chi square test, ¥Fisher exact test