Volume : 5, Issue : 12, December - 2016
A STUDY ON INCIDENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Dr. Pradeep Raj M, Dr. Kalaivalli S, Dr. Dilipan S A
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<p> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">BACKGROUND: </span></b><span class="Bodytext"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%; mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a subset of pneumonia and the term refers to nosocomial pneumonia in a patient on mechanical ventilator support by endotracheal tube or tracheostomy for greater than or equal to 48 hours. </span></span><span class="BodytextBold"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-fareast-font-family: Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">VAP</span></span><span class="Bodytext"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> continues to be a major threat to patients admitted in intensive care units and receiving mechanical ventilation.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 200%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">AIM: </span></b><span class="Bodytext"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%; mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">To study the incidence and etiology of VAP. To analyze the underlying risk factors for VAP. To study the percentage of early and late onset pneumonia in these patients. To study the morbidity and mortality attributed by VAP.</span></span><span class="Bodytext"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:17.8pt 22.1pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">MATERIALS AND METHODS: </span></b><span class="Bodytext"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">The study comprised of 50 patients who were admitted in IMCU and had underwent mechanical ventilation for 48 hours and clinical criteria was applied to diagnose VAP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.9pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 200%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%; mso-bidi-font-family:Calii;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">The incidence of VAP increases with the duration of mechanical ventilation. The major precipitating factor for developing VAP was aspiration. Diabetes is one of the major risk factor to develop VAP. There was a High incidence of MDR organisms in patients with VAP unlike in community acquired pneumonia. <b>KEY WORDS: </b>Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Multi Drug Resistant Organisms (MDR), Aspiration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. Pradeep Raj M, Dr. Kalaivalli S, Dr. Dilipan S A, A STUDY ON INCIDENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA, Global Journal For Research Analysis,Volume : 5 | Issue : 12 | December 2016