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Table 3 bCAM positivity rate on the 7th day of admission

From: Effect of inpatient antibiotic treatment among older adults with delirium found with a positive urinalysis: a health record review

 

Antibiotic

No antibiotic

RR [95% CI]

Entire cohort (N = 150)

22% (29/129)

24% (5/21)

0.94 [0.41–2.16]

Asymptomatic cohort (N = 57)

15% (6/39)

22% (4/18)

0.69 [0.22–2.15]

Modified asymptomatic cohort (N = 60)

19% (8/42)

22% (4/18)

0.86 [0.30–2.49]

Culture positive UTI (N = 28)

21% (6/28)

N/A

N/A

Culture positive ASB (N = 35)

27% (9/33)

50% (1/2)

0.55 [0.12–2.43]

  1. bCAM brief confusion assessment method; Asymptomatic = no UTI symptoms, reported or ED-measured fever, or other infectious diagnoses; Modified asymptomatic = no UTI symptoms, ED-measured fever, or other infectious diagnoses; Culture positive UTI = positive urine culture with UTI symptoms or fever; Culture positive ASB = positive urine culture without UTI symptoms or fever; N/A not applicable