Table 1_Clinical features and risk factors for outcomes of postoperative bacterial meningi

A retrospective study from 2013 to 2023 at Children's Hospital of Fudan University analyzed 99 children (103 infection episodes) with postoperative bacterial meningitis. Clinical, etiological, and prognostic data were collected, with patients grouped by CSF culture results and prognosis. The study identified pathogens, mortality rates, and risk factors such as pulmonary infection and low GCS scores.

Use Cases

• Predicting in-hospital mortality risk based on clinical features like GCS score and mechanical ventilation duration.
• Analyzing pathogen distribution and antibiotic resistance patterns, specifically for Acinetobacter baumannii.
• Studying the correlation between postoperative timing (within 1 month) and Gram-negative bacterial infections.
• Investigating the association between pulmonary infection and poor outcomes in pediatric neurosurgical patients.

Strengths

• Includes data from 99 pediatric patients over a 10-year period (2013-2023).
• Reports specific mortality rates (6.8%) and pathogen distributions (53.4% Gram-positive, 46.6% Gram-negative).
• Identifies statistically significant risk factors (P < 0.05) for mortality, including GCS score ≤8 and mechanical ventilation ≥7 days.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single hospital in China.

Provenance

Source

Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Collection Method

Retrospective clinical study

Time Range

2013 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 05:40:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (Shanghai)