Retrospective Analysis of Ventriculitis in External Ventricular Drains

Table 2

Incidence of ventriculitis in various studies compared incidence of ventriculitis in current study.

Author	c-EVD	p-value (vs Albano SD et al	c-EVD with pp- Abx	p-value (vs Albano SD et al)	c-EVD prolonged ABx	p-value (vs Albano SD et al)	ac-EVD with pp-ABx	p-value (vs Albano SD et al)	ac-EVD prolonged ABx	p-value (vs Albano SD et al)
Albano SD (current study)					3/107 (3%)
Wong GK [4]					3/94 (3%)	0.31	1/90 (1%)	0.29
Abla AA [5]							0/64 vs 0/65 (0%)	<0.0001
Poon WS [5]			12/113 (11%)	0.015	3/115 (3%)	0.32
Wyler AR [17]	7/26 (27%)	0.004			4/44 (9%)	0.087
Blomstedt GC [11]	1/27 (4%)	0.42			1/25 (4%)	0.41
Wright K [12]					12/51 (24%)	<0.0001			2/47 (4%)	0.32
Zabramski JM [14]					13/139 (9%)	0.025			2/149 (1%)	0.25
Pople I [15]					5/181 (3%)	0.29			4/176 (2%)	0.29
Alleyne Jr CH [18]			4/99 (4%)	0.27	8/209 (4%)	0.24
Aggregate	8/56 (14%)	0.007	16/212 (8%)	0.050	49/858 (6%); (not including data from current study)	0.092	1/219 (<1%)	0.094	8/372 (2%)	0.25