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Table 1 Characteristics of patients, mortality, and length of PICU stay with and without DA-HAIs

From: Incidences and influences of device-associated healthcare-associated infections in a pediatric intensive care unit in Japan: a retrospective surveillance study

 

All

With DA-HAIs

Without DA-HAIs

P

 

(n = 426)

(n = 28)

(n = 398)

 

Age months, median (25th; 75th percentile)

12 (2.5; 48.5) a

4 (1; 22) a

13 (3; 54) a

0.014

Gender M/F

206/220

11/17

195/203

0.32

Elective surgery n (%)

261 (61.3)

10 (35.7)

251 (63.1)

0.0041

Unplanned admission n (%)

140 (32.9)

15 (53.6)

125 (31.4)

0.016

With infection at admission n (%)

71 (16.7)

4 (14.3)

67 (16.8)

0.73

PIM2 (%)

3.7

6.3

3.5

<0.0001

[mean (95% CI)]

(3.0–4.4)

(3.5–9.2)

(2.7–4.3)

Device utilization ratio

    

CVC

0.78

0.93

0.74

-

ETT

0.53

0.64

0.51

-

UC

0.44

0.56

0.40

-

Mortality 28 d, % (n)

2.6 (11)

7.1 (2)

2.3 (9)

0.16

Length of PICU stay, median

3

22.5

2

<0.001

(25th; 75th percentile)

(1; 7) a

(13; 32.75) a

(1; 6) a

  1. PIM2 Pediatric Index of Mortality 2, DA-HAIs device-associated healthcare-associated infections, CVC central venous catheter, ETT endotracheal tube, UC urinary catheter, Mortality 28d mortality 28 days after discharge from the PICU
  2. aNumbers in parentheses: 25th percentile; 75th percentile