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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of ICU patients

From: Unintended impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the rate of catheter related nosocomial infections and incidence of multiple drug resistance pathogens in three intensive care units not allocated to COVID-19 patients in a large teaching hospital

 

Before Covid-19 (2019)

N = 566

During Covid-19 (2020)

N = 525

P-value

ICU LOS1, days, median (IQR)

5(3–14)

4(2–8)

< 0.001

Number of bed day in ICU

6029

3547

< 0.05

MV2 days

6(2–14)

3(2–8)

< 0.001

Central venous catheter days

7(4–16)

5(3–11)

0.001

urinary catheter days

6(3–15)

4.5(3–9)

< 0.001

Apache score П

20(13–26)

17(10–23)

< 0.001

Mortality rate

68(12)

50(9.5)

0.317

VAP, n (%)

89(16)

36(7)

< 0.001

Utility ratio (MV days/patient days) * 100

62.81

59.09

0.208

CLABSI, n (%)

26(4.6)

15(2.9)

0.132

Utility ratio (CL days/patient days) * 100

58.99

65.46

0.028

CAUTI, n (%)

13(2.3)

6(1.1)

0.145

Utility ratio (UC days/patient days) * 100

100

100

 > 0.999

  1. Length of stay (LOS), Mechanical Ventilation (MV2), Apache: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Central line Associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI), Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)