Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of patients to whom were prescribed antibiotics reserves (ARs) in pre- and intervention period

From: Antimicrobial stewardship effectiveness on rationalizing the use of last line of antibiotics in a short period with limited human resources: a single centre cohort study

Variable

Preintervention perioda

Intervention perioda

p

N on AR/overall N

249/3038 (8%)

96/3156 (3%)

< 0.001

Bed-days on AR/overall bed-days

3701/20,902 (18%)

1683/20,722 (8%)

< 0.001

Age, median (min–max)

69 (19–93)

70 (20–89)

0.240

Male sex

146 (59%)

49 (51%)

0.851

Admitted ward

 Internal

190 (76%)

68 (71%)

0.530

 Intensive care unit (ICU)

32 (13%)

13 (14%)

0.106

 Surgery

18 (7%)

13 (14%)

0.013

 Neurology

7 (3%)

2 (2%)

1.000

 Psychiatry

2 (1%)

0 (0%)

1.000

Fever

173 (72%)

70 (73%)

0.350

Comorbidities

226 (91%)

87 (94%)

0.931

Main ICD at hospital admission

 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

61 (24%)

18 (19%)

0.332

 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)

38 (15%)

15 (16%)

1.000

 Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)

34 (14%)

12 (12%)

0.863

 Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97)

25 (10%)

13 (14%)

0.459

 Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)

21 (8%)

12 (12%)

0.316

 Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)

27 (11%)

6 (6%)

0.306

 Injuries (S00–T14)

14 (6%)

9 (9%)

0.242

 Other

29 (12%)

11 (11%)

0.143

  1. AR parenteral antibiotic reserves, ICD International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
  2. aAll values are absolute frequencies with the percentage in parenthesis if not stated otherwise in a row