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Table 1 Characteristics of patients receiving IV pantoprazole before and after of guideline establishment

From: Audit of IV pantoprazole: pattern of administration and compliance with guideline in a teaching hospital

Characteristic

Pre intervention

Number (%)

Post intervention

Number (%)

P valueb

Male

85 (42.5)

118 (59.0)

0.01

Female

115 (57.5)

82 (41.0)

Age (years)

 Mean ± SDb

54.56 ± 1.273

48.09 ± 1.493

 

 <20

5 (2.5)

27 (13.5)

0.01

 20–30

15 (7.5)

21 (10.5)

 30–40

26 (13)

22 (11)

 40–50

29 (14.5)

37 (18.5)

 50–60

53 (26.5)

39 (19.5)

 60–70

30 (15)

21 (10.5)

 >70

21 (10.5)

33 (16.5)

NPO

54 (27.0)

99 (49.5)

0.00

PO

146 (73.0)

101 (50.5)

History of PPI administration

59 (29.5)

37 (18.5)

0.33

History of GI disease

75 (37.0)

52 (26.5)

0.05

Death

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

1.00

  1. a SD standard deviation
  2. bCalculated with Chi square test that <0.05 was considered as statistically significant difference