Prevalencia y características de la neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica en pacientes de la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. cuenca, 2012.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation in patients of I.C.U of the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, of the I.E.S.S, of Cuenca, in the year 2012.

Methodology: Transversal descriptive studio, the sample with a total of 19 patients was taken by convenience, and the chosen were those patients undergoing mechanical ventilation that developed AVN of a total of 167 admitted ventilated. The data collection was carried out through the review of medical histories and their subsequent entry into the questionnaire.

Results: The prevalence of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation is 11.38%, age with more frequency ranged 50 to 64 years. Comorbidities of patients the DMTII was that most frequent. The most frequent causal germ found was the Staphylococcuss Aureus. The days of hospital stay ranged from 11 to 30 days, Mortality represents a 26.3% corresponding to a total of 5 patients of the 19 who made AVN. The data may be used by students, medical staff, authorities of the Hospital J.C.A.

Conclusions: The prevalence of AVN in the U.C.I. of the Hospital J.C.A is low, with a mortality of one-quarter of the total of patients with AVN, it is important to consider that there is a probability of developing especially when age and days of stay increase.

KEY WORDS: DISEASES; RESPIRATORY DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRANSTORNOS; INFECTIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY SERIOUS SYNDROME; CARE INTENSIVE; MECHANICAL VENTILATION