Table 4.

Comparison of patients receiving ABs for prolonged, per protocol or reduced duration (n = 123)^*

Variable	Prolonged (n = 40)	Per protocol (n = 80)	Reduced (n = 3)	p value
Prescribed AB duration, median (IQR), days	3 (3; 5)	5 (3; 5)	5 (5;–)	0.000
Received AB duration, median (IQR), days	5.5 (5; 7)	5 (3; 5)	3 (3;–)	0.000
Discharge reached, median (IQR)	2 (1; 3)	2 (1; 3)**	2 (1;–)	0.889
Length of stay, median (IQR), days	5 (4; 7)	5 (4; 6)	4 (3;–)	0.831
Any postoperative complication, n (%)	7 (18)	18 (23)	1 (33)	0.714
Infectious complication, n (%)	4 (10)	11 (14)	0	0.678
IAA, n (%)	3 (8)	11 (14)	0	0.490
SSI, n (%)	1 (3)	0	0	0.351

IQR, interquartile range; AB, antibiotic(s); IAA, intra-abdominal abscess; SSI, surgical site infection; Ns, nonsignificant.

^*1 missing,

^**3 missing.