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Table 3 Primary and secondary endpoints

From: Different duration strategies of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: an observational study

 

All

Group I

Group II

p-value

n = 615

n = 283

n = 332

Primary endpoints

    

DSWI; n (%)

10 (1,6)

4 (1,4)

6 (1,8)

0,76

SSWI; n (%)

14 (2,2)

5 (1,7)

9 (2,7)

0,59

VHSI; n (%)

4 (0,6)

1 (0,3)

3 (0,9)

0,63

Secondary endpoints

    

Respiratory tract infection; n (%)

23 (3,7)

12 (4,2)

11 (3,3)

0,67

Urinary tract infection; n (%)

46 (7,4)

26 (9,1)

20 (6,0)

0,17

All-cause mortality; n (%)

23 (3,7)

7 (2,4)

16 (4,8)

0,14

  • Mortality due to infection

6 (0,98)

2 (0,71)

4 (1,20)

 

  • Mortality due to other cause

17 (2,76)

6 (2,12)

11 (3,31)

 
  1. DSWI deep sternal wound infection, SSWI superficial sternal wound infection, VHSI vein harvesting site infection.