Variables | No. of patients |
---|---|
Age (years) | 68 (55–79) |
Gender | |
Male | 282 (55.5%) |
Female | 226 (44.5%) |
Consultation places | |
General wards (1069 beds) | 368 (72.4%) |
Intensive care unit (28 beds) | 101 (19.9%) |
Outpatients/Emergency rooms | 39 (7.7%) |
Consult reasons | |
Diagnosis | 77 (15.2%) |
Treatment | 393 (77.4%) |
Infection control | 28 (5.5%) |
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis | 10 (1.9%) |
Specialty | |
Internal medicine | 201 (39.6%) |
(Cardiology, Diabetes and endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Nephrology, Neurology, Respiratory, and Rheumatology) | |
Non- Internal medicine | 307 (60.4%) |
(Cardiovascular surgery, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, ENT, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic surgery, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Plastic surgery, Surgery, Thoracic surgery, and Urology) | |
Bacteremia | 155/470 (33.0%) |
30-day mortality | 19/470 (3.8%) |