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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Patients Who Underwent Central Venous Catheter removal for Suspected Infection, According to IRINC or not, before and after Propensity-Score-Matched

From: Association of immediate reinsertion of new catheters with subsequent mortality among patients with suspected catheter infection: a cohort study

Characteristic

Before Propensity Score Matching

After Propensity Score Matching

No IRINC (n = 361)

IRINC (n = 877)

SMD (%)

No IRINC (n = 341)

IRINC (n = 341)

SMD (%)

Admission

      

 Female

112 (31.0)

241 (27.5)

7.8

102 (29.9)

96 (28.2)

3.9

 Age, mean (SD)

59.34 (17.70)

62.11 (17.18)

15.9

59.91 (17.68)

59.57 (17.52)

2.0

 Diagnostic

  

12.1

  

6.5

  Medical

211 (58.4)

546 (62.3)

 

202 (59.2)

191 (56.0)

 

  Surgical

106 (29.4)

211 (24.1)

 

96 (28.2)

104 (30.5)

 

  Traumatology

44 (12.2)

120 (13.7)

 

43 (12.6)

46 (13.5)

 

 APACHE II score, mean (SD)

18.58 (6.79)

20.88 (7.18)

32.9

18.91 (6.71)

19.28 (6.46)

5.7

Chronic comorbidity

      

 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

28 (7.8)

102 (11.6)

13.1

28 (8.2)

26 (7.6)

2.2

 Diabetes Mellitus

67 (18.6)

161 (18.4)

0.5

62 (18.2)

56 (16.4)

4.7

 Malignancy

36 (10.0)

89 (10.1)

0.6

34 (10.0)

38 (11.1)

3.8

 Renal insufficiency

69 (19.1)

143 (16.3)

7.4

63 (18.5)

66 (19.4)

2.2

CVC removed day with suspected CRBSI

      

 Treatment Interventions

      

  Vasoconstrictor Agents

167 (46.3)

481 (54.8)

17.2

159 (46.6)

168 (49.3)

5.3

  Corticosteroids

66 (18.3)

149 (17.0)

3.4

63 (18.5)

56 (16.4)

5.4

  Anticoagulant

106 (29.4)

291 (33.2)

8.2

99 (29.0)

97 (28.4)

1.3

  Antibiotics

252 (69.8)

658 (75.0)

11.7

237 (69.5)

232 (68.0)

3.2

  Renal replacement therapy

122 (33.8)

280 (31.9)

4.0

115 (33.7)

108 (31.7)

4.4

  Mechanical ventilation

217 (60.1)

559 (63.7)

7.5

205 (60.1)

201 (58.9)

2.4

Catheter information

      

 Site

  

16.8

  

4.3

  Jugular

203 (56.2)

510 (58.2)

 

193 (56.6)

188 (55.1)

 

  Subclavian

79 (21.9)

229 (26.1)

 

78 (22.9)

77 (22.6)

 

  Femoral

79 (21.9)

138 (15.7)

 

70 (20.5)

76 (22.3)

 

 Catheter-days, days

9.06 (4.92)

9.45 (4.93)

8.0

9.13 (4.95)

9.60 (5.13)

9.4

Clinical symptoms and status

      

 Temperature, mean (SD)

38.22 (0.84)

38.38 (0.81)

19.2

38.24 (0.84)

38.19 (0.82)

6.0

 Mean Arterial Pressure, mean (SD)

81.70 (17.99)

77.63 (16.20)

23.8

81.10 (17.51)

80.52 (16.83)

3.4

 SOFA, mean (SD)

10.17 (3.38)

10.99 (3.80)

23.0

10.23 (3.40)

10.16 (3.62)

2.1

 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

64 (17.7)

122 (13.9)

10.5

56 (16.4)

60 (17.6)

3.1

 Catheter-related bloodstream infections

46 (12.7)

168 (19.2)

17.6

45 (13.2)

40 (11.7)

4.4

Laboratory results, mean (SD)

      

 Blood glucose level, mmol/L

9.93 (3.74)

10.42 (3.79)

13.1

10.00 (3.79)

9.76 (3.49)

6.7

 Leukocyte Count, × 109/L

13.92 (7.25)

14.86 (8.31)

12.0

14.07 (7.32)

13.96 (7.18)

1.5

 Neutrophils, × 109/L

11.68 (7.51)

12.49 (7.87)

10.5

11.83 (7.63)

11.52 (6.06)

4.5

 Plasma procalcitonin, ug/L

6.24 (44.49)

6.03 (14.40)

0.6

4.08 (11.30)

5.08 (13.00)

8.2

 Creatinine, µmol/L

145.73 (147.18)

146.57 (135.23)

0.6

147.58 (148.19)

139.71 (139.22)

5.5

 Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, seconds

41.60 (15.66)

40.15 (20.73)

7.9

41.77 (16.05)

41.25 (22.07)

2.7

 International Normalized Ratio

1.26 (1.00)

1.34 (0.76)

8.6

1.27 (1.03)

1.34 (0.80)

6.9

 Platelet, × 109/L

203.83 (144.12)

184.36 (120.54)

14.7

199.67 (143.41)

195.58 (118.79)

3.1

 Plasma total bilirubin, μmol/L

34.82 (66.65)

38.39 (63.39)

5.5

33.59 (64.13)

32.09 (50.53)

2.6

 PaO2, mmHg

113.40 (36.44)

109.05 (38.17)

11.6

112.87 (36.82)

113.55 (42.18)

1.7

 Lactic acid, mmol/L

2.05 (2.25)

2.19 (2.91)

5.4

2.06 (2.31)

2.04 (2.98)

1.0

  1. IRNIC, Immediate Reinsertion of New Catheters; SD: Standard Deviation; SMD, Standardized Mean Difference; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment; PaO2, Partial Pressure of Oxygen