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Table 3 Comparison of ICU stay and hospitalization duration in the 1st and 3rd generation groups

From: The effect of first- and third-generation prophylactic antibiotics on hospitalization and medical expenditures for cardiac surgery

Duration

3rd generation (n = 194)

1st generation (n = 194)

p value

Hospitalization duration (d)

29.8 ± 18.7

25.5 ± 20.1

0.025

Preoperative hospitalization (d)

8.4 \(\pm\) 8.6

7.8 \(\pm\) 7.6

0.262

Ventilation use time (d)

1.2 ± 2.2

1.2 ± 2.1

0.679

ICU stay (d)

4.1 ± 3.8

2.9 ± 2.7

0.008

SSI patients ICU stay (d)

n = 52

8.9 ± 4.8

n = 30

7.1 ± 4.7

0.027

Non-infected patients ICU stay (d)

n = 142

2.6 ± 1.2

n = 164

2.3 ± 2.0

0.088

  1. Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. p values were calculated using the Student’s t-test
  2. ICU intensive care unit, d day