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Table 2 Univariate analysis of the impact of cohort characteristics with outcomes

From: Antimicrobial stewardship auditing of patients reviewed by infectious diseases physicians in a tertiary university hospital

Characteristic

30-day mortality

30-day re-admission

Clinical deterioration at 7 days

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p- value

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p- value

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p- value

Higher age

1.015

0.968 ā€“ 1.064

0.545

1.021

0.989 ā€“ 1.055

0.198

1.027

0.990 ā€“ 1.064

0.155

Prior ICUa admission

0.351

0.043 ā€“ 2.875

0.329

0.975

0.355 ā€“ 2.725

0.975

0.547

0.150 ā€“ 1.996

0.361

Higher Charlson co-morbidity index

1.064

0.871 ā€“ 1.301

0.542

1.033

0.897 ā€“ 1.190

0.653

1.028

0.884 ā€“ 1.194

0.724

Clinical discipline (relative to surgery)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€¢ Hematology-oncology

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

3.855

1.241 ā€“ 11.980

0.020

3.462

0.875 ā€“ 13.693

0.077

ā€¢ Orthopedics

0.452

0.085 ā€“ 2.390

0.265

1.720

0.453 ā€“ 6.530

0.426

3.333

0.770 ā€“ 14.436

0.107

ā€¢ Medicine

1.273

0.225 ā€“ 7.197

0.792

1.911

0.319 ā€“ 11.450

0.478

2.727

0.405 ā€“ 18.358

0.302

ā€¢ Others

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

Type of infection (relative to intra-abdominal infections)

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€¢ Bloodstream

0.882

0.074 ā€“ 10.464

0.921

0.438

0.080 ā€“ 2.400

0.342

1.080

0.226 ā€“ 5.162

0.923

ā€¢ Bone and joint infection

1.957

0.302 ā€“ 12.692

0.482

0.493

0.112 ā€“ 2.164

0.349

1.286

0.329 ā€“ 5.032

0.718

ā€¢ Skin and soft tissue infection

1.579

0.205 ā€“ 12.173

0.661

0.616

0.138 ā€“ 2.749

0.526

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

ā€¢ Respiratory tract infection

N.A.*

N.A.*

N.A.*

1.095

0.179 ā€“ 6.694

0.922

0.771

0.077 ā€“ 7.712

0.825

ā€¢ Urinary tract infection

1.000

0.084 ā€“ 11.931

1.000

0.548

0.098 ā€“ 3.057

0.492

1.246

0.257 ā€“ 6.031

0.784

ā€¢ Others

0.750

0.064 ā€“ 8.834

0.819

1.095

0.293 ā€“ 4.097

0.526

0.900

0.191 ā€“ 4.243

0.894

ASP recommendation accepted

1.004

0.247 ā€“ 4.079

0.996

1.412

0.517 ā€“ 3.859

0.501

0.225

0.084 ā€“ 0.600

0.003

  1. aICU = intensive care unit.
  2. *N.A. = predicted failure of regression perfectly (none or all patients in this category).