Predictors for prolonged and escalated perioperative antibiotic therapy after microvascular head and neck reconstruction: a comprehensive analysis of 446 cases

Table 2 Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis

	Variable	Coding	p-value	OR	B	CI
Antibiotic Escalation yes	Bone Reconstruction	Yes vs no	0.008	2.011	0.67	1.200–3.370
	Radiation	Yes vs no	0.2	1.424	0.35	0.828–2.448
	Clinical SSI	Yes vs no	< 0.001	5.469	1.699	3.141–9.520
	Culture positive SSI	Yes vs no	0.03	2.9	1.068	1.117–7.583
	LOS ICU	Days	0.01	1.121	0.15	1.023–1.228
	HAP	Yes vs no	0.01	5.920	1.778	1.562–22.44
Antibiotic > 10 days yes	Bone Reconstruction	Yes vs no	0.06	2.016	0.7	1.228–3.316

LOS ICU Length of stay Intensive care unit, SSI Surgical site infection, HAP hospital acquired pneumonia

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