Table 12.
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Pre-intervention cohort (n = 139) |
Post-intervention cohort (n = 126) |
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Endpoint | n | % | n | % | p |
Patient with non-infectious complications at 30 d | 64 | 46.0 | 51 | 40.5 | 0.361 |
Re-hospitalization within 30 d | 23 | 16.6 | 14 | 11.1 | 0.202 |
Discharged to a long-term or another facility | 37 | 26.7 | 21 | 16.7 | 0.050 |
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital days |
8 |
5–16 |
8 |
5–13 |
0.428 |
ICU days |
1 |
0–4 |
1 |
0–4 |
0.571 |
Ventilator days |
0 |
0–2 |
0 |
0–2 |
0.966 |
Days receiving anti-Infective agents |
5 |
2–14 |
3 |
1–11 |
0.009 |
Days receiving prophylactic anti-infective agents |
2 |
1–4 |
2 |
1–3 |
0.107 |
Days receiving empiric anti-infective agents |
0 |
0–0 |
0 |
0–0 |
0.128 |
Days receiving anti-infective agents for treatment of an infection |
0 |
0–10 |
0 |
0–8 |
0.035 |
Days receiving anti-infective agents for treatment of a related infection |
0 |
0–0 |
0 |
0–0 |
0.275 |
Days in which all anti-infective agents administered were considered inappropriate |
0 |
0–1 |
0 |
0–1 |
0.227 |
Days in which any anti-infective agent administered was considered inappropriate | 1 | 0–5 | 0 | 0–3 | 0.046 |
IQR = interquartile range; ICU = intensive care unit