Table 7 ICU admission characteristics in patients with or without EVD infection
From: External ventriculostomy-associated infection reduction after updating a care bundle
Case No | Non-infected | EVDRI | Bivariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total days of EVD | Median (IQR) | 12 (7–16) | 37 (28–45) | < 0.001 | |
Mechanical ventilation | 165 | 142/175 (81%) | 23/23 (100%) | 0.023 | |
Days of mechanical ventilation | Median (IQR) | 5 (1–16) | 13 (3–23) | 0.003 | |
Tracheostomy | 57 | 44/175 (25%) | 13/23 (57%) | 0.002 | |
ICU length of stay | Median (IQR) | 9 (2–21) | 27 (13–47) | < 0.001 | |
Hospital length of stay | Median (IQR) | 29 (17–49) | 64 (43–104) | < 0.001 | |
GOS at hospital discharge | Death | 51 | 25.4% | 30% | NS |
Vegetative | 2 | 1.2% | 0% | ||
Conscious | 143 | 73.4% | 70% | ||
Death | Neurological | 35 (69%) | 30 (74%) | 3 (38%) | 0.02 |
Non-neurological | 15 (29%) | 13 (26%) | 4 (50%) | ||
EVDRI | 1 (2%) | 0% | 1 (12%) |