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Table 2 Sepsis characterization

From: Sepsis risk factors in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Data

N (%) or mean (SD)

Number of sepsis episodes*

38

Type of sepsis

 Meningitis

1 (2.6%)

 Ventilator-associated pneumonia

23 (60.5%)

  Same side as hernia

6 (26%)

  Opposite side as hernia

11 (48%)

  Both lungs

6 (26%)

 Urinary tract infection

3 (7.9%)

  With urinary catheter

1 (2.6%)

  Without urinary catheter

2 (5.3%)

 Central line-associated bloodstream infection

5 (13.2%)

  Central venous catheter

3 (7.9%)

  Peripherally inserted central catheter

2 (5.3%)

 Bacteremia with no origin found

3 (7.9%)

 Early-onset neonatal sepsis

2 (5.3%)

 Surgical site infection

1 (2.6%)

Septic shock

7 (18.4%)

Delay between delivery and sepsis (days)

 All infections

22.4 (33.1)

 VAP

25.5 (36.1)

  1. N number, SD standard deviation, VAP ventilator-associated pneumonia
  2. * In 28 patients