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. 2017 Jun 5;145(11):2185–2192. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817000644

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients treated before or after CDI guideline publication

Variable Before guidelines (N = 293) After guidelines (N = 728) P value
Age (mean ± s.d.) 64·3 ± 16·8 61·9 ± 18·5 0·052
Gender 0·347
Male, n (%) 152 (52%) 354 (49%)
Service 0·409
Medicine, n (%) 237 (81%) 572 (79%)
Surgery, n (%) 56 (19%) 156 (21%)
IBD
Crohn's, n (%) 8 (3%) 27 (4%) 0·437
UC, n (%) 6 (2%) 24 (3%) 0·285
Chemotherapy, n (%) 63 (22%) 155 (21%) 0·941
Radiation, n (%) 22 (8%) 51 (7%) 0·778
LOS (mean ± s.d.) 11·9 ± 13 12·7 ± 14 0·458
ICU 0·02
IMC, n (%) 99 (34%) 232 (32%)
ICU, n (%) 41 (14%) 172 (24%)
Discharge <0·0001
To home, n (%) 226 (77%) 436 (60%)
To rehab/facility, n (%) 39 (13%) 292 (40%)
Disease severity 0·248
Mild–moderate, n (%) 208 (71%) 558 (76%)
Severe, n (%) 37 (13%) 79 (11%)
Severe-complicated, n (%) 48 (16%) 144 (14%)
Steroids, n (%) 73 (25%) 214 (29%) 0·15
Medication usage
Metronidazole, n (%) 258 (88%) 668 (92%) 0·065
Vancomycin oral, n (%) 133 (45%) 370 (51%) 0·116
Vancomycin enema, n (%) 0 (0%) 32 (4·4%) 0·001