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Table 2 Patients with antibiotic regimen de-escalated by service

From: Frequency of empiric antibiotic de-escalation in an acute care hospital with an established Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Time (hours) or Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Total

n = 240 (%)

Critical Care

n = 58 (%)

Oncology

n = 21 (%)

Other

n = 161 (%)

24

90 (38)

28 (48)

5 (24)

57 (35)

48

136 (57)

31 (53)

9 (43)

96 (60)

72

151 (63)

36 (62)

15 (71)

100 (62)

96

175 (73)

40 (69)

17 (81)

118 (73)

Odds Ratio (95% CI) at 72 h

N/A

0.7 (0.2–1.9)

Ref

0.7 (0.2–1.8)