Table 2 Patient characteristics and extrinsic exposures
From: Prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in the university medical center of Rabat, Morocco
Number of patients | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
≤ 15 ans | 283 | 23.7 |
16 - 40 | 387 | 32.4 |
41 - 60 | 339 | 28.4 |
> 60 | 186 | 15.6 |
Gender | ||
Female | 600 | 50.2 |
Male | 595 | 49.8 |
Provenance | ||
home | 932 | 78.0 |
Hospital | 263 | 22.0 |
MacCabe index | ||
Non fatal disease | 742 | 62.1 |
Ultimately fatal disease | 394 | 33.0 |
Rapidly fatal disease | 59 | 4.9 |
ASA* grade | ||
0 | 4 | 0.3 |
1 | 533 | 44.6 |
2 | 183 | 15.3 |
3 | 90 | 7.5 |
4 | 10 | 0.8 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
unspecified | 375 | 31.4 |
Immune deficiency | ||
Yes | 195 | 16.3 |
No | 1000 | 83.7 |
Diabetes | ||
Yes | 101 | 8.5 |
No | 1094 | 91.5 |
Surgery | ||
Yes | 240 | 20.1 |
No | 955 | 79.9 |
Intravascular catheter | ||
Yes | 276 | 23.1 |
No | 919 | 76.9 |
Urinary catheter | ||
Yes | 114 | 9.5 |
No | 1081 | 90.5 |
mechanical ventilation | ||
Yes | 14 | 1.2 |
No | 1181 | 98.8 |
Antimicrobials | ||
Yes | 392 | 32.8 |
No | 803 | 67.2 |
Length of hospital sty (days) | ||
≤ 5 | 341 | 28.5 |
6 - 10 | 317 | 26.5 |
11 - 20 | 245 | 20.5 |
> 20 | 292 | 24.4 |