Assessment of the effectiveness of weight-adjusted antibiotic administration, for reduced duration, in surgical prophylaxis of primary hip and knee arthroplasty

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World J Orthop. Feb 18, 2024; 15(2): 170-179
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Table 5 Relative risks for all and deep surgical site infections in original dataset and after propensity score weighting

Infection	Original dataset		Weighted dataset
	RR (95%CI)	P value	RR (95%CI)	P value
Overall infection	0.69 (0.34 to 1.4)	0.31¹	0.66 (0.32 to 1.4)	0.27³
Deep infection	0.66 (0.16 to 2.7)	0.73²	0.55 (0.13 to 2.4)	0.43³

¹Chi-squared test.

²Fisher’s exact test.

³Weighted log-binomial regression using robust variance estimator.

RR: Relative risk (old regime/new regime).

Citation: Okoro T, Wan M, Mukabeta TD, Malev E, Gross M, Williams C, Manjra M, Kuiper JH, Murnaghan J. Assessment of the effectiveness of weight-adjusted antibiotic administration, for reduced duration, in surgical prophylaxis of primary hip and knee arthroplasty. World J Orthop 2024; 15(2): 170-179
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v15/i2/170.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v15.i2.170