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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients receiving AMs by hospital

From: Use of antimicrobials in pediatric wards of five Brazilian hospitals

  

CE

DF

RJ

RS

SE

Overall

Sex (%)

Female

117 (47.4)

58 (39.7)

82 (48.5)

117 (41.2)

83 (48.0)

457 (44.8)

Male

130 (52.6)

88 (60.3)

87 (51.5)

167 (58.8)

90 (52.0)

562 (55.1)

MD

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

Age group (%)

0-27d

3 (1.2)

3 (2.0)

2 (1.2)

9 (3.2)

1 (0.6)

18 (1.8)

28d-23 m

133 (53.8)

69 (46.9)

76 (45.0)

135 (47.5)

89 (51.4)

502 (49.2)

2y-6y

71 (28.7)

54 (36.7)

61 (36.1)

80 (28.2)

49 (28.3)

315 (30.9)

6y-11y11m

40 (16.2)

21 (14.3)

30 (17.8)

60 (21.1)

34 (19.7)

185 (18.1)

Presence of comorbidities (%)

Yes

40 (16.2)

47 (32.0)

99 (58.6)

52 (18.3)

41 (23.7)

279 (27.4)

No

207 (83.8)

100 (68.0)

70 (41.4)

232 (81.7)

132 (76.3)

741 (72.6)

History of ICU admission (%)

Yes

29 (11.7)

17 (11.6)

21 (12.4)

1 (0.4)

53 (30.6)

121 (11.9)

No

218 (88.3)

130 (88.4)

148 (87.6)

283 (99.6)

120 (69.4)

899 (88.1)

Length of hospital stay (%)

2-7d

69 (27.9)

93 (63.3)

55 (32.5)

95 (33.5)

45 (26.0)

357 (35.0)

8-14d

96 (38.9)

37 (25.2)

56 (33.1)

91 (32.0)

70 (40.5)

350 (34.3)

15-30d

53 (21.5)

14 (9.5)

35 (20.7)

65 (22.9)

45 (26.0)

212 (20.8)

31 + d

29 (11.7)

3 (2.0)

23 (13.6)

33 (11.6)

13 (7.5)

101 (9.9)

Primary diagnoses (%)

 

Pneumonia: 87 (35.8)

Pneumonia: 60 (40.8)

Pneumonia: 56 (33.3)

Pneumonia: 37 (13.0%)

Pneumonia: 60 (34.7%)

Pneumonia: 300 (29,6%)

  

Digestive system disorders: 20 (8.2)

Skin infections: 18 (12.2)

Skin infections: 23 (13.7)

Other endocrine disorders: 28 (9.9)

Acute bronchitis or bronchiolitis: 15 (8.7)

Skin infections: 91 (9.0)

  

Skin infections: 20 (8.2)

Digestive system disorders: 11 (7.5)

Other bacterial diseases: 9 (5.4)

Acute bronchitis or bronchiolitis: 21 (7.4)

Digestive system disorders: 12 (6.9)

Acute bronchitis or bronchiolitis: 53 [2, 5]

  1. CE: Ceará, DF: Federal District; RJ: Rio de Janeiro; RS: Rio Grande do Sul; SE: Sergipe. MD: Missing data. (MultiCARE, 2018/2020)