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Table 4 Management and clinical outcome of febrile patients in OMH

From: Hospital-acquired fever in oriental medical hospitals

 

Total (n = 560)

Infection (n = 331)

Non-infection (n = 179)

p

Medical consult

297 (53.0)

241 (72.8)

47 (26.3)

< 0.001

Antibiotics

302 (53.9)

244 (73.7)

45 (25.1)

< 0.001

Duration of antibiotics

8.0 (0.0–40.0)

9 (1–40)

5.5 (1–21)

0.002

Antipyretics

112 (20.0)

72 (21.8)

31 (17.3)

0.339

Surgical treatment

7 (1.3)

3 (0.9)

4 (2.2)

0.248

30-day mortality

46/477 (9.6)

21 (7.6)

14 (8.9)

0.616