Table 4 Discharge data for 344 hospitalizations among 216 IVDU* for treatment of infectious diseases
From: Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment in intravenous drug users, a retrospective analysis
| Â | n (%) |
|---|---|
Discharge with oral antibiotics after adequate or best alternative therapy | 162 (47.1) |
Discharge without antibiotics after adequate or best alternative therapy | 117 (34.0) |
Discharge against medical advice, with oral antibiotics | 29 (8.4) |
Discharge against medical advice, without antibiotic therapy | 13 (3.8) |
Discharge without available follow-up data for antibiotic therapy | 1 (0.3) |
In-hospital deaths†| 22 (6.4) |
Total | 344 (100) |
Readmissions | Â |
   < 30 days with relapse of original infection | 13 (3.8) |
with infection but not relapse of original infection | 19 (5.5) |
with no infection | 15 (4.4) |
   30–90 days | 53 (15.4) |
   > 90 days | 100 (29.1) |
Deaths overall (determined from state records for n = 199 patients) | 49 (24.6) |
   After discharge from hospital: not related to treated infection | 27 (13.6) |
   In-hospital (of cases): |  |
infection related | 18 (5.2) |
not infection related | 4 (1.2) |