Table 3 Outcomes
From: Antimicrobial stewardship in high-risk febrile neutropenia patients
Outcome | Pre-intervention period Number of hospital stays = 273 | Post-intervention period Number of hospital stays = 217 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Length of stay (days); Median [IQR] | 9 [3–19] | 13 [3–21] | 0.061 |
Clostridioides difficile infections; N (%) | 4 (1.5) | 6 (2.8) | 0.35 |
Invasive infection with ESBL-PE; N (%) | 9 (3.3) | 2 (0.9) | 0.12 |
Meropenem-resistant isolates among Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections; N (%) | 4/5 (80) | 2/8 (25) | 0.10 |
Transfer to the ICU for more than 24 h or death; N (%) | 49 (17.9) | 18 (8.3) | 0.0020 |
Transfer to the ICU for more than 24 h; N (%) | 42 (15.4) | 10 (4.6) | 0.00022 |
Death; N (%) | 14 (5.1) | 8 (3.7) | 0.59 |