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Table 11 Pooled means of the distribution of crude mortality and crude excess mortality of adult and paediatric intensive care unit patients with and without device-associated healthcare-acquired infection

From: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) national report on device-associated infection rates in 19 cities of Turkey, data summary for 2003–2012

Adult and paediatric ICUs combined

No. of deaths

No. of patients

Pooled crude mortality, % (95% CI)

RR (95% CI)

Crude mortality of patients without DA-HAI

1,616

6,408

25.2 (24.1- 26.3)

1.0

Crude mortality of patients with CLABSI

133

357

37.3 (32.2- 42.4)

1.5 (1.2 – 1.8)

Crude excess mortality of patients with CLABSI

133

357

12.0 (8.1- 16.1)

-

Crude mortality of patients with CAUTI

55

154

35.7 (28.1- 43.8)

1.4 (1.1 – 1.9)

Crude excess mortality of patients with CAUTI

55

154

10.5 (4.0- 17.5)

-

Crude mortality of patients with VAP

253

567

44.6 (40.4- 48.8)

1.8 (1.6 – 2.0)

Crude excess mortality of patients with VAP

253

567

19.4 (16.3- 22.5)

-

Neonatal ICUs combined

No. of deaths

No. of patients

Pooled crude mortality, % (95% CI)

 

Crude mortality of patients without DA-HAI

68

1,964

3.5 (2.7- 4.4)

1.0

Crude mortality of patients with CLABSI

10

53

18.9 (9.4- 32.7)

5.5 (2.8 – 10.6)

Crude excess mortality of patients with CLABSI

10

53

15.4 (6.7- 28.3)

-

Crude mortality of patients with VAP

6

43

14.0 (5.3- 27.9)

4.0 (1.8 – 9.3)

Crude excess mortality of patients with VAP

6

43

10.5 (2.6- 23.5)

-

  1. ICU, intensive care units; CI, confidence interval; DA-HAI, device-associated healthcare-acquired infection; CLABSI, central line-associated bloodstream infection; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia; CAUTI, catheter-associated urinary tract infection; RR, relative risk.