Table 6 One-tailed p values for patients who returned
From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience
Rate of infection (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
+Abx | −Abx | P value | |
Patients who returned | 2/40 (0.05) | 4/18 (0.22) | 0.023 |
Patients who returned excluding immunocompromised | 2/38 (0.53) | 3/17 (0.18) | 0.069 |
Simple lacerations (no IC patients) | 0/21 (0) | 1/10 (0.1) | 0.071 |
Complex lacerations | 2/19 (0.11) | 3/8 (0.38) | 0.049 |
Complex lacerations excluding immunocompromised | 2/19 (0.11) | 2/7 (0.29) | 0.129 |