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Table 3 Intensive care unit-acquired infection rates

From: Long-term use of selective digestive decontamination in an ICU highly endemic for bacterial resistance

 

Non-SDD cohort (n = 110)

SDD cohort (n = 258)

P value

Risk ratio (95% CI)

VAP/MV days

 Number of VAP

63

110

< 0.001

0.437 (0.320 to 0.595)

 Days of MV

6112

24,432

  

 VAP/1000 MV days

10.3

4.5

  

Urinary tract infection/urinary catheter days

 Number of urinary tract infections

33

97

0.110

0.725 (0.488 to 1.076)

 Days of indwelling urinary catheter

8707

35,312

  

 Urinary infections/1000 catheter days

3.79

2.75

  

CLABSI/CVC days

 Number of CLABSI

  

0.802

1.056 (0.690 to 1.615)

 Days of CVC

7249

30,631

  

 CLABSI/1000 CVC days

3.59

3.9

  

Secondary BSI/ICU days

 Number of secondary BSI

43

57

< 0.001

0.349 (0.237 to 0.516)

 ICU days of stay

9176

37,857

  

 Secondary BSI/1000 ICU days

4.69

1.64

  

MDRB/ICU days

 Number of MDRB infections

88

112

< 0.001

0.308 (0.233 to 0.408)

 ICU days of stay

9176

37,857

  

 MDRB infections/1000 ICU days

9.59

2.96

  
  1. Abbreviations: SDD Selective digestive tract decontamination, VAP Ventilator-associated pneumonia, MV Mechanical ventilation, CLABSI Central line-associated bloodstream infection, CVC Central venous catheter, BSI Bloodstream infection, MDRB Multidrug-resistant bacteria