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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
- 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.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonology
Nosocomial Infections
Epidemiology
law.invention
Geographical Locations
Cohort Studies
Medical Conditions
Interquartile range
law
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Prospective Studies
Multidisciplinary
Incidence (epidemiology)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Middle Aged
Intensive care unit
Hospitals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Intensive Care Units
Exact test
Infectious Diseases
Research Article
Cohort study
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
Science
Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures
Respiratory Disorders
Nepal
Internal medicine
Humans
Aged
business.industry
Pneumonia
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Health Care
Health Care Facilities
Respiratory Infections
People and Places
Intubation
business
Subjects
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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