Table 4.
Full (5/5), partial (1–4/5) or noncompliance (0/5) with selected guidelines, divided by country
| Fully compliant | Partially compliant | Noncompliant | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | n | % | n | % | n | % | n |
| Bahrain | 10 | 5% | 211 | 95% | 1 | 0% | 222 |
| Estonia | 54 | 27% | 147 | 73% | 0 | 0% | 201 |
| Finland | 47 | 7% | 594 | 93% | 0 | 0% | 641 |
| Iran | 0 | 0% | 88 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 88 |
| Ireland | 27 | 6% | 418 | 94% | 1 | 0% | 446 |
| Israel | 0 | 0% | 28 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 28 |
| Italy | 7 | 6% | 113 | 94% | 0 | 0% | 120 |
| Portugal | 8 | 5% | 161 | 95% | 0 | 0% | 169 |
| Romania | 9 | 45% | 11 | 55% | 0 | 0% | 20 |
| Spain | 197 | 17% | 962 | 83% | 0 | 0% | 1159 |
| Sweden | 112 | 11% | 947 | 89% | 0 | 0% | 1059 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 7% | 26 | 93% | 0 | 0% | 28 |
| UK | 10 | 6% | 139 | 88% | 9 | 6% | 158 |
| USA | 105 | 38% | 169 | 62% | 0 | 0% | 274 |
| Overall | 588 | 13% | 4014 | 87% | 11 | 0% | 4613 |
Selected guidelines were: preoperative antibiotic administration, first-dose antibiotics within 3 h of diagnosis (Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2021), time to OR less than 24 h, omission of postoperative antibiotics in uncomplicated appendicitis, and diagnosis using clinical examination or ultrasound in patients under 40 years of age, or using CT in patients over 40 years