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Table 2 Characteristics of brain operations

From: Low incidence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and nosocomial infection due to a preventive multimodal nosocomial infection control: a 10-year single centre prospective cohort study in neurocritical care

Operation

Unit

Total population N=2231

NI group N=151

Control group N=2080

p value

Operation

pts

2231(64.4%)

151(76.3%)

2080 (63.7%)

<0.001

More than 1 operation

pts

214(9.6%)

42(27.8%)

172(8.3%)

<0.001

ASA score

  

3.8±1.0

3.1±1.1

<0.001

Day of hospitalisation

day

 

5.5±9.8

7.1±17.1

0.430

Day of NICU

  

1.6±1.3

1.3±1.1

0.535

Acute operation

pts

905(40.6%)

106(70.2%)

799(38.4%)

<0.001

Reoperation

pts

479(21.5%)

58(38.4%)

421(20.2%)

<0.001

Time of operation

minutes

 

151.9±108.4

137.7±89.4

0.080

Craniotomy

pts

1361(61.0%)

82(54.3%)

1279(61.5%)

0.080

Craniectomy

pts

363(16.3%)

50(33.1%)

313(15.0%)

<0.001

Trepanation

pts

227(10.2%)

23(15.2%)

204(9.8%)

0.033

Hypophysis

pts

85(3.8%)

0(0.0%)

85(4.1%)

0.011

Shunt

pts

108(4.8%)

12(7.9%)

96(4.6%)

0.066

Others

pts

99(4.4%)

9(6.0%)

90(4.3%)

0.347

Drainage

pts

1678(75.2%)

131(86.8%)

1547(74.4%)

<0.001

 Redon

pts

858(38.5%)

49(32.5%)

809(38.9%)

0.001

 Time overall

day

 

2.0±0.9

1.8±1.3

0.395

 Gravity drainage

pts

807(36.2%)

75(49.7%)

732(35.2%)

0.029

  Time overall

day

 

3.5±2.1

2.7±2.2

0.004

 Lumbar

pts

218(9.8%)

36(23.8%)

182(8.8%)

<0.001

  Day overall

day

 

7.7±5.5

5.1±3.2

<0.001

 Ventricular

pts

138(6.2%)

21(13.9%)

117(5.6%)

<0.001

  Day overall

day

 

13.4±9.9

5.9±4.3

<0.001

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, NICU neurointensive care unit