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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of PNM patients received AP or not

From: Effect of antibiotic prophylaxis in the prognosis of Post-neurosurgical meningitis patients

Characteristics

AP (929)

Non-AP (261)

Total (1190)

P

Age

41 (27, 54)

42 (27,54)

42 (27, 54)

0.846

Gender

524 (56.4%)

154 (59.0%)

679 (57.0%)

0.48

Diabetes

44 (4.7%)

15 (5.7%)

59 (5.0%)

0.519

Hypertension

146 (15.7%)

49 (18.8%)

195 (16.4%)

0.256

Tumour

663 (71.4%)

183 (70.1%)

846 (71.1%)

0.7

 Glioma

230 (24.8%)

62 (23.8%)

292 (24.5%)

 

 Meningioma

138 (14.9%)

56 (21.5%)

194 (16.3%)

 

 Pituitary tumor/craniopharyngioma

158 (17.0%)

31 (11.9%)

189 (15.9%)

 

 Others

137 (14.7%)

34 (13.0%)

171 (14.4%)

 

Malignant tumor

290 (31.2%)

84 (32.2%)

374 (31.4%)

0.763

Traumatic brain injury

36 (3.9%)

21 (8.0%)

57 (4.8%)

0.008

Operation duration

4.2 (3.0, 6.0)

3.5 (2.0, 6.0)

4.0 (2.8, 6.0)

0.001

Reoperation

186 (20.0%)

69 (26.4%)

255 (21.4%)

0.013

Craniotomy

664 (71.5%)

161 (61.7%)

825 (69.3%)

0.003

Type I incision

478 (51.5%)

124 (47.5%)

602 (50.6%)

0.263

ICU admission

378 (40.7%)

111 (42.5%)

489 (41.1%)

0.618

CSF Leakage

129 (13.9%)

44 (16.9%)

173 (14.5%)

0.234

EVD(external ventricular drainage)

311 (33.5%)

103 (39.5%)

414 (34.8%)

0.078

LD(lumbar drainage)

250 (26.9%)

79 (30.3%)

329 (27.6%)

0.309

AMV(assisted mechanical ventilator)

384 (41.3%)

102 (39.1%)

486 (40.8%)

0.522

Body temperature

37.7 ± 0.9

37.6 ± 0.9

37.7 ± 0.9

0.807

Coma

49 (5.3%)

57 (21.8%)

106 (8.9%)

 < 0.001

Length of hospitalize

22.0 (16.0, 34.0)

23.0 (16.0, 32.0)

22.0 (16.0. 34.0)

0.576

Cure time

5.0 (2.0, 11.0)

5.0 (3.0, 12.0)

5.0 (2.0, 11.0)

0.651

Postoperative infection time

7.0 (4.0, 12.0)

7.0 (4.0, 13.0)

7.0 (4.0, 12.0)

0.983

Fee

71010.0 (50315.8, 119021.2)

79160.5 (50704.7, 142460.0)

72259.0 (50413.0, 123340.5)

0.117

All-cause mortality

110 (11.8%)

61 (23.4%)

171 (14.4%)

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as means and standard deviations or median (Q1, Q3) for continuous variables and as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables