Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units of Faculty of Medicine in Erciyes University: Evaluation of 109 Cases
Patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) were evaluated, retrospectively, in Intensive Care Units of Faculty of Medicine in Erciyes University between January 2003-August 2004. During the study period, 132 VAP episodes were occurred in 109 patients. Fifty (37.9%) episodes were polymicrobi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
2005-06-01
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| Series: | Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2005-10-2-081-087.pdf |
| Summary: | Patients with ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) were evaluated, retrospectively, in Intensive Care Units of Faculty of Medicine in Erciyes University between January 2003-August 2004. During the study period, 132 VAP episodes were occurred in 109 patients. Fifty (37.9%) episodes were polymicrobial, and 191 microorganisms were isolated. 172 (90%) of these microorganisms were gram-negative, 19 (10%) of them were gram-positive. The most common isolated microorganisms were Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The isolated microorganisms were resistant to multiple antibiotics. Seventy-nine (72.5%) of 109 patients died, 30 (27.5%) of them were discharged with cure. The mortality rate of the patients with one episode of VAP (n= 88) was 63.8% (30/47) in the patients whom appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy was started, and 78% (32/41) in the patients whom inappropriate therapy was given (p> 0.05). |
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| ISSN: | 1300-932X 1300-932X |