Prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia through analysis of tracheobronchial secretions

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Elenice Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Kimura, André, Ramos, Danielly Fernandes de, Albuquerque, Pascoal Leite de, Antunes, Mateus Dias, Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/19224
• topic: Physical Therapy Department; Hospital; Intensive Care Units; Nursing.

Objective: to verify the prevalence of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation through the collection and analysis of tracheobronchial secretions. Methods: an observational study with 13 male patients. The scale of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation and the Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score were applied after 72 hours of orotracheal hospitalization. Results: an average score of 33 points was observed, that is, these patients presented on average a 75% chance of death. Staphylococcus aureus (23.07%) andKlebsiella pneumoniae (15.38%) were found as the most prevalent microorganisms.Conclusion: the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia was 25% of the cases and the most prevalent microorganisms were Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus.