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Table 2 Response and expectations of the effect of SDD per study period

From: Physicians' and nurses' opinions on selective decontamination of the digestive tract and selective oropharyngeal decontamination: a survey

 

Nurses

Physicians

Total

 

1st

2nd

3rd

P value

1st

2nd

3rd

P value

1st

2nd

3rd

P value

Response - no. (%)

372 (74)

339 (73)

313 (65)

 

85 (89)

89 (82)

79 (77)

     

Prior experience SDD - %

53

74

87

 

68

85

90

     

Effect SDD - no. (%)

            

   No effect

101 (33)

80 (26)

63 (22)

0.017

12 (14)

12 (14)

3 (4)

0.065

113 (29)

92 (23)

66 (18)

0.004

   Decrease pneumonia

135 (43)

151 (49)

165 (58)

0.002

64 (75)

71 (80)

65 (84)

0.354

199 (50)

222 (56)

230 (68)

0.001

   Increase resistance

68 (22)

68 (22)

48 (17)

0.209

14 (17)

19 (21)

21 (27)

0.247

82 (21)

87 (22)

69 (19)

0.624

   Decrease resistance

24 (8)

21 (7)

25 (9)

0.672

11 (13)

13 (15)

14 (18)

0.640

35 (9)

34 (9)

39 (11)

0.524

   Increase survival*

81 (26)

83 (27)

97 (34)

0.062

36 (42)

45 (51)

47 (61)

0.059

    

   Other

21 (7)

35 (11)

25 (9)

0.129

9 (11)

11 (12)

13 (17)

0.478

30 (8)

46 (12)

38 (11)

0.145

Median PRRM (IQR)

    

3.0 (0-25)

12.9 (0-25)

16.7 (0-28.5)

0.113

    
  1. IQR, interquartile range; PRRM, presumed relative reduction in mortality; SDD, selective decontamination of the digestive tract.
  2. * Increase survival physicians based upon calculation PRRM.
  3. significance based upon chi-squared test (effect) or Kruskal-Wallis test (median PRRM).