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Epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of health care acquired pneumonia including ventilator-associated pneumonia in Nepal

Epidemiology, etiology, and diagnosis of health care acquired pneumonia including ventilator-associated pneumonia in Nepal

Authors :
Louise Thwaites
Nhukesh Maharjan
Sarita Pyatha
Buddha Basnyat
Sabina Dongol
K C Rajkumar
Gyan Kayastha
Abhilasha Karkey
Stephen Baker
Baker, Stephen [0000-0003-1308-5755]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Source :
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021), PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259634 (2021), PLoS ONE
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.

Abstract

Epidemiologic data regarding health care acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) from Nepal are negligible. We conducted a prospective observational cohort study in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a major tertiary hospital in Nepal between April 2016 and March 2018, to calculate the incidence of VAP, and to describe clinical variables, microbiological etiology, and outcomes. Four hundred and thirty-eight patients were enrolled in the study. Demographic data, medical history, antimicrobial administration record, chest X-ray, biochemical, microbiological and haematological results, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score and the sequential organ failure assessment scores were recorded. Categorical variables were expressed as count and percentage and analyzed using the Fisher’s exact test. Continuous variables were expressed as median and interquartile range and analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test and the pairwise Wilcoxon rank—sum test. 46.8% (205/438) of the patients required intubation. Pneumonia was common in both intubated (94.14%; 193/205) and non-intubated (52.36%; 122/233) patients. Pneumonia developed among intubated patients in the ICU had longer days of stay in the ICU (median of 10, IQR 5–15, P< 0.001) when compared to non-intubated patients with pneumonia (median of 4, IQR 3–6, P< 0.001). The incidence rate of VAP was 20% (41/205) and incidence density was 16.45 cases per 1,000ventilator days. Mortality was significantly higher in patients with pneumonia requiring intubation (44.6%, 86/193) than patients with pneumonia not requiring intubation (10.7%, 13/122, pKlebsiella and Acinetobacter species were the dominant organisms from both VAP and non-VAP categories. Multi-drug resistance was highly prevalent in bacterial isolates associated with VAP (90%; 99/110) and non-VAP categories (81.5%; 106/130). HAP including VAP remains to be the most prevalent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) at Patan hospital. A local study of etiological agents and outcomes of HAP and VAP are required for setting more appropriate guidelines for management of such diseases.

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Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021), PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259634 (2021), PLoS ONE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9e1f4c8734cda056883d980165f9f359
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.78310