Table 3 Infection related risk factors and various outcome parameters
From: Risk factors for catheter-related infections in patients receiving permanent dialysis catheter
| Â | Risk factor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MRSA-carriage | History of catheter related infection | Bacteremia or bacteriuria within 3 month before implantation | |||||||
Outcome | yes n = 17 | no n = 109 | p | yes n = 15 | no n = 111 | p | yes n = 29 | no n = 97 | p |
Catheter related infection (all) | 9 (52.9%) | 18 (16.5%) | < 0.001 | 7 (46.7%) | 20 (18.0) | 0.02 | 13 (44.8%) | 14 (14.4%) | < 0.001 |
Death | 3 (17.6%) | 19 (17.4%) | 0.98 | 0 (0.0%) | 22 (19.8) | 0.13 | 7 (24.1%) | 15 (15.5%) | 0.28 |
Catheter removal or revision | 9 (52.9%) | 21 (19.3%) | 0.002 | 5 (33.3%) | 25 (22.5%) | 0.33 | 10 (34.5%) | 20 20.6% | 0.12 |
Re-hospitalization | 10 (58.8%) | 24 (22.0%) | 0.001 | 7 (47.6%) | 27 (24.3%) | 0.12 | 14 (48.3%) | 20 (20.6%) | 0.003 |
Use of antibiotics | 7 (41.2%) | 18 (16.5%) | 0.02 | 6 (40.0%) | 19 (17.1%) | 0.08 | 12 (41.4%) | 13 (13.4%) | 0.001 |