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Table 3 Infections and non-infectious comorbidities among hospitalized adult patients in JMC wards during the study period (n = 360)

From: Antibiotics use evaluation among hospitalized adult patients at Jimma Medical Center, southwestern Ethiopia: the way to pave for antimicrobial stewardship

Comorbidities and risk status indicators

Wards of JMC

Total, N (%)

Medical, N (%)

Surgical (%)

GYN/OBS (N)

Presentence of comorbidities

 No

16 (4.4)

81 (22.5)

67 (18.6)

164 (45.6)

 Yes

136 (37.8)

25 (6.9)

35 (9.7)

196 (54.4)

 Total

152 (42.2)

106 (29.5)

102 (28.3)

360 (100)

Infections and non-infectious comorbidities*

 Hypertension

23 (11.7)

7 (3.6)

8 (4.1)

38 (19.4)

 Heart failure

29 (14.8)

1 (0.5)

5 (2.6)

35 (17.9)

 Diabetes mellitus

15 (7.7)

2 (1.0)

3 (1.5)

20 (10.2)

 Acute/chronic kidney diseases

25 (12.8)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

26 (13.3)

 Moderate/severe liver diseases

10 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

10 (5.1)

 Neurologic diseases

4 (2%)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.5)

8 (4.1%)

 Tuberculosis

34 (17.3)

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

37 (18.9)

 HIV/AIDS

15 (7.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.0)

17 (8.7)

 Metastatic solid tumor

8 (4.1)

6 (3.1)

10 (5.1)

24 (12.2)

 Other malignancies**

9 (4.6)

1 (0.5)

4 (2.0)

14 (7.1)

 Asthma and COPD

16 (8.2)

4 (2%)

6 (3.1)

26 (13.3)

 Neurologic diseases

4 (2%)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.5)

8 (4.1%)

 Anemia of chronic diseases

6 (3.1)

4 (2%)

0 (0.0)

10 (5.1)

 Malaria

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.5)

 Esophageal candidiasis

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.0)

  1. *A given patient may have > 1 comorbidities
  2. **Hematological malignancies and non-metastatic solid tumor