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Hospital acquired pneumonia in an Internal Medicine department
| Resumo: | In the last few years, hospital-acquired infections have been reported by health care workers and the general population, through the media. Pneumonia is the second most frequent nosocomial infection being associated with prolonged hospitalization, increase on human resources and financial needs and higher intra-hospital morbidity and mortality. Aware of such aspects, the authors carried out a retrospective review of all cases of nosocomial pneumonia that were admitted or evolved during an admission for any other cause, to an Internal Medicine Department between the 1st January 2008 and 30thJune 2009. In this review they point out the demographic patterns of the population, the pre-existence of co-morbidities, the previous use of antibiotics, the pneumonia clinical presentation, the cultures collected, which microbiological agents are more frequently founded, the therapeutic approach, how many days they were at the hospital and finally, the outcome. The authors intend to make descriptive critical and retrospective analyses of these cases, in order to find out the bacterial flora profile in the hospital and which aspects can be improved in delivering daily clinical care. |
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| Autores principais: | Granito, Sofia |
| Outros Autores: | Gama, Karina; Jardim, Margarida; Andrade, José Luís; Reis Brazão, Luz |
| Assunto: | pneumonia nosocomial pneumonia associada a cuidados de saúde guidelines Hospital-acquired pneumonia health-care associated pneumonia guidelines |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Interna |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Interna |
| Resumo: | In the last few years, hospital-acquired infections have been reported by health care workers and the general population, through the media. Pneumonia is the second most frequent nosocomial infection being associated with prolonged hospitalization, increase on human resources and financial needs and higher intra-hospital morbidity and mortality. Aware of such aspects, the authors carried out a retrospective review of all cases of nosocomial pneumonia that were admitted or evolved during an admission for any other cause, to an Internal Medicine Department between the 1st January 2008 and 30thJune 2009. In this review they point out the demographic patterns of the population, the pre-existence of co-morbidities, the previous use of antibiotics, the pneumonia clinical presentation, the cultures collected, which microbiological agents are more frequently founded, the therapeutic approach, how many days they were at the hospital and finally, the outcome. The authors intend to make descriptive critical and retrospective analyses of these cases, in order to find out the bacterial flora profile in the hospital and which aspects can be improved in delivering daily clinical care. |
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