Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002.
<strong>Fundament:</strong> The infections nosocomiales constitute an important problem of health, for what is of supreme importance to identify the epidemic situation of this. <strong>Objective</strong>: Describe the behaviour of the infections nosocomiales in the Unit of In...
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| author | Marta Luján Hernández Leticia Justafré Couto Gudelia Cuellar Gutiérrez |
| author_facet | Marta Luján Hernández Leticia Justafré Couto Gudelia Cuellar Gutiérrez |
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| description | <strong>Fundament:</strong> The infections nosocomiales constitute an important problem of health, for what is of supreme importance to identify the epidemic situation of this. <strong>Objective</strong>: Describe the behaviour of the infections nosocomiales in the Unit of Intensive Cares. <strong>Methods</strong>: I Study descriptive retrospective carried out in the University Hospital ¨Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ of Cienfuegos during the years 1997-2002. The following variables were included: hospital expenditures, cases infected by months and years, localizations, germs, deaths and procedures of more risk (ventilation mechanics, deep veined catheters and vesical catheters). <strong>Results</strong>: We check stabilization in the global rates, the cases you find inside the predicted parameters, the main localization was the breathing one with a percentage stocking of 42 in the seven investigated years, while the germ of more circulation was the Acynetobacter with an average of 27,1%. The rates of mortality associated to infection stayed low and the lethality suffered a on decreased in the studied period, however the pneumonias associated to the ventilation mechanics stayed high with an average of 24, 6 for every 1000 patient days and to the closing of the 2002 the service you will find in the area of security of the endemic channel.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">K</span></strong></span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87ffa9835f9847d09696c4e2f941371d2022-12-21T19:57:35ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2005-04-0131414586Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002.Marta Luján HernándezLeticia Justafré CoutoGudelia Cuellar Gutiérrez<strong>Fundament:</strong> The infections nosocomiales constitute an important problem of health, for what is of supreme importance to identify the epidemic situation of this. <strong>Objective</strong>: Describe the behaviour of the infections nosocomiales in the Unit of Intensive Cares. <strong>Methods</strong>: I Study descriptive retrospective carried out in the University Hospital ¨Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ of Cienfuegos during the years 1997-2002. The following variables were included: hospital expenditures, cases infected by months and years, localizations, germs, deaths and procedures of more risk (ventilation mechanics, deep veined catheters and vesical catheters). <strong>Results</strong>: We check stabilization in the global rates, the cases you find inside the predicted parameters, the main localization was the breathing one with a percentage stocking of 42 in the seven investigated years, while the germ of more circulation was the Acynetobacter with an average of 27,1%. The rates of mortality associated to infection stayed low and the lethality suffered a on decreased in the studied period, however the pneumonias associated to the ventilation mechanics stayed high with an average of 24, 6 for every 1000 patient days and to the closing of the 2002 the service you will find in the area of security of the endemic channel.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt">K</span></strong></span>http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/86infección hospitalaria |
| spellingShingle | Marta Luján Hernández Leticia Justafré Couto Gudelia Cuellar Gutiérrez Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. Medisur infección hospitalaria |
| title | Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. |
| title_full | Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. |
| title_fullStr | Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. |
| title_short | Nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit. 1997-2002. |
| title_sort | nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit 1997 2002 |
| topic | infección hospitalaria |
| url | http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/86 |
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