Bacterial nosocomial pneumonia in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.

AIMS: To determine the incidence, risk factors, mortality and organisms causing nosocomial pneumonia (NP) in intubated patients in Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). MATERIALS & METHODS: All patients with endotracheal (ET) tube with or without mechanical ventilation (MV) in a PICU of a tertiary care teaching hospital were included in this prospective study. Clinical parameters and investigations were evaluated in patients who developed nosocomial pneumonia (NP). Colonisation of the ET tube tip was studied by culture and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates was determined. RESULTS: Sixty-nine patients had an ET tube inserted and fifty-nine of these underwent MV. ET tube tip colonisation was seen in 70 out of 88 ET tubes inserted. The incidence of NP in patients with ET tube was 27.54% (7.96/100 days of ET intubation). NP developed only in patients undergoing MV. The main risk factors for developing NP were - duration of MV and duration of stay in the PICU. Age, sex, immunocompromised status and altered sensorium did not increase the risk of NP. The mortality in cases with NP was 47. 37%. E. coli and Klebsiella were the commonest organisms isolated from the ET tube tip cultures with maximum susceptibility to amikacin and cefotaxime. CONCLUSIONS: NP developed only in patients undergoing MV. Duration of MV and duration of stay in the PICU increased the risk of developing NP..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2000

Erschienen:

2000

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - 46(2000), 1, Seite 18-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tullu M [VerfasserIn]
Deshmukh C [VerfasserIn]
Baveja S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
Artificial
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Cross Infection
Etiology
Female
Human
Incidence
Infant
Intensive Care Units
Intratracheal
Intubation
Length of Stay
Male
Medicine
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pediatric
Pneumonia
Preschool
Probability
R
Respiration
Risk Factors
Time Factors

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DOAJ046391096