Table 2

Use of antibiotic regimen as part of the insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in Sweden, presented as number of patients per year and hospital, divided in quintiles of hospital volume (12 hospitals in each quintile)

Antibiotic prophylaxis regimen	All		Quintile
	(n=2573)		1 (n=101)		2 (n=220)		3 (n=341)		4 (n=495)		5 (n=1417)
	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	N	Per cent	N	Per cent
New*	1813	70	31	31	115	52	202	59	335	68	1130	80
Other†	270	11	20	20	60	27	114	33	77	15	0	0
None	490	19	50	49	45	20	25	7	83	17	287	20

*20 ml dose of oral solution of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim deposited in the PEG catheter immediately after insertion.
†Intravenously administered antibiotics before PEG insertion.
PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.