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Table 1 Patients characteristics (n = 5548)

From: Practices and intravascular catheter infection during on- and off-hours in critically ill patients

  

On-hours

Off-hours

p-value*

Sex

Female

996 (35.4)

1,007 (36.8)

0.27

Age, median [IQR]

 

64 [53; 74]

65 [53; 75]

0.06

Without comorbidity

 

1,602 (56.9)

1,586 (58)

0.43

Chronic renal failure

 

143 (5.1)

129 (4.7)

0.53

Chronic heart failure

 

208 (7.4)

199 (7.3)

0.87

Diabetes

 

225 (8)

224 (8.2)

0.79

Chronic respiratory failure

 

153 (5.4)

140 (5.1)

0.59

HIV

 

65 (2.3)

57 (2.1)

0.57

Solid organ transplant

 

127 (4.5)

91 (3.3)

0.02

Other immunosuppression

 

176 (6.3)

158 (5.8)

0.45

Hematological malignancy

 

151 (5.4)

146 (5.3)

0.96

Reason for ICU admission

Septic shock

590 (21)

619 (22.6)

 < 0.01

 

Planned surgery

126 (4.5)

60 (2.2)

 
 

Trauma

148 (5.3)

142 (5.2)

 
 

Abdominal MOF

96 (3.4)

77 (2.8)

 
 

Cardiac shock

208 (7.4)

266 (9.7)

 
 

Hemorrhagic shock

125 (4.4)

125 (4.6)

 
 

Shock (other)

73 (2.6)

83 (3)

 
 

Respiratory failure

666 (23.7)

540 (19.7)

 
 

COPD exacerbation

65 (2.3)

50 (1.8)

 
 

Renal failure

191 (6.8)

253 (9.3)

 
 

Coma

266 (9.5)

280 (10.2)

 
 

Continuous surveillance

259 (9.2)

240 (8.8)

 

Mechanical ventilation in the first 24 h

 

2037 (72.4)

1948 (71.2)

0.33

SAPS II, median [IQR]

 

54 [39; 69]

54 [41; 71]

0.07

SOFA score, median [IQR]

 

10 [7; 14]

10 [7; 14]

0.53

ICU mortality

 

909 (32.3)

905 (33.1)

0.54

ICU length of stay, median [IQR]

 

9 [5; 18]

7 [4; 13]

 < 0.01

  1. 1,693 patients had both insertion during the night and day and were excluded from this analysis. Data were expressed in n (percentage) or median [interquartile range]. * Without adjustment