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Table 1 Cohort demographics

From: Performance of routine surveillance diagnostics of external ventricular drain-associated infections in a critical care setting: a retrospective cohort study

 

NI

SI

VI

Demographics

Total

1283

470

75

Female gender (%)

51

47

54

Age (mean)

55.4

55.6

53

ICU LoS (days, mean)

12.0

17.7

19.0

EVD duration at index date (days, mean)

NA

6.3

6.9

EVD duration total (days, mean)

10.0

14.0

16.2

EVDI treatments per 1000 catheter days

NA

23.1

3.7

Antibiotics prior to index date (%)

NA

57

47

90 day mortality (%)

14.1

15.9

10.5

180 day mortality (%)

16.7

17.8

14.5

Admission diagnoses

SAH

530

199

33

ICH

241

74

6

TBI

146

82

5

Other Cerebral Diseases

272

89

22

Other Non-Cerebral Diseases

90

27

10

  1. ICU LoS is intensive care unit length of stay. EVD is external ventricular drain. NI, SI and VI is no infection, suspected infection, and verified infection, respectively. SAH is subarachnoid hemorrhage. ICH is intracerebral hemorrhage. TBI is traumatic brain injury. NA is not applicable. Index date is the day EVDI targeted antibiotic therapy was initiated