Table 28 Resolution of covid-19 according to use of antibiotic therapy
From: Inadequate use of antibiotics in the covid-19 era: effectiveness of antibiotic therapy
|  | Total (n = 13,932) | No. (%) | With antibiotics n = 12,238 (%) | Without antibiotics n = 1498 (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital stay in days, median (IQR) | 13,736 | 8 (5–13) | 9 (5–14) | 7 (4–11) | 0.99 (0.99–1) | 0.16 |
Clinical outcomes | ||||||
 Improvement: Discharge home | 13,736 | 10,107 (73.6) | 8938 (73.0) | 1169 (78.0) | 1 (ref.) | – |
 Discharge to other care centers | 789 (5.7) | 703 (5.7) | 86 (5.7) | 1.07 (0.85–1.35) | 0.57 | |
Death during hospitalization |  | 2840 (20.7) | 2597 (21.2) | 243 (16.2) | 1.40 (1.21–1.62) | < 0.001 |
Cause of death | ||||||
 COVID-19 | 2796 | 2629 (94.0) | 218 (91.6) | 2411 (94.3) | 1 (ref.) | – |
 Other causes | 167 (6.0) | 147 (5.8) | 20 (8.4) | 0.66 (0.41–1.08) | 0.10 | |
Hospital readmission | 13,308 | 506 (3.8) | 444 (3.8) | 62 (4.2) | 0.88 (0.67–1.16) | 0.37 |
Days until readmission, median (IQR) | 505 | 9 (3–17) | 7 (3–16) | 9 (3–18) | 1.00 (0.98–1.02) | 0.89 |
Cause of readmission | ||||||
 COVID-19 | 504 | 208 (41.3) | 176 (39.8) | 32 (51.6) | 1 (ref.) | – |
 Other causes | 296 (58.7) | 266 (60.2) | 30 (48.4) | 1.61 (0.95–2.75) | 0.08 | |
Death during hospitalization and during readmission | 13,549 | 2906 (21.5) | 2653 (22.0) | 253 (17.0) | 1.37 (1.19–1.58) | < 0.001 |