| All patients (n = 128) | +IDC (n = 91) | -IDC (n = 37) | P Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
30-day mortality: n (%) | 31 (24.2) | 10 (11.0) | 21 (56.8) | < 0.001 |
Intensive care unit admission: n (%) | 63 (49.2) | 40 (44.0) | 23 (62.2) | 0.163 |
Acquisition of PAB: n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.223 |
 Community acquired | 50 (39.1) | 32 (35.2) | 18 (48.6) | |
 Hospital acquired | 78 (60.9) | 59 (64.8) | 19 (51.4) | |
Length of stay in hospital (days; mean, standard deviation) | 15.5, 7.8 | 16.7, 8.5 | 12.9, 5.7 | 0.248 |
Inappropriate or no antibiotica: n (%) | 40 (31.3) | 24 (26.4) | 16 (43.2) | 0.060 |
Inappropriate duration of antibiotic: n (%) | 29 (22.7) | 4 (4.4) | 25 (67.6) | < 0.001 |
De-escalation to oral antibiotic in a timely manner: n (%) | 95 (74.2) | 80 (87.9%) | 15 (40.5%) | < 0.001 |
Source of PAB: n (%) | Â | Â | Â | 0.786 |
 Unidentified | 41 (32.0) | 28 (30.8) | 13 (35.1) | |
 Identified | 87 (68.0) | 63 (69.2) | 24 (64.9) | |
  Intravascular catheter | 32 (25.0) | 26 (28.6) | 6 (16.2) | |
  Pulmonary infection | 20 (15.6) | 11 (12.1) | 9 (24.3) | |
  Urinary tract infection | 18 (14.1) | 14 (15.4) | 4 (10.8) | |
  Skin and soft tissue infection | 13 (10.2) | 10 (11.0) | 3 (8.1) | |
  Other | 4 (3.1) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (5.4) | |
Removal of infected catheter: n (%) | 30 (23.4) | 25 (27.5) | 5 (13.5) | 0.049 |
Surgical intervention for source control: n (%) | 21 (16.4) | 19 (20.9) | 2 (5.4) | 0.023 |