Evaluación de las enfermedades infecciosas en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos durante el 2007
Abstract
Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo retrospectivo para caracterizar el comportamiento de lasinfecciones hospitalarias en la Unidad de cuidados intensivos Pediátrico del Hospital Capitán “Roberto
Rodríguez Fernández” durante el período comprendido desde Enero hasta Diciembre de 2007. De los
117 pacientes estudiados el mayor número de enfermedades infecciosas se presentó en los lactantes
(31.6%), el Estafilococo aureus fue el germen que se aisló con mayor frecuencia, siendo las infecciones
respiratorias altas y las enfermedades diarreicas agudas, las principales causas de morbilidad; los
microorganismos Gram Negativos prevalecieron con respecto a los Gram Positivos y las infecciones
intrahospitalarias se presentaron en el 11.9% de los pacientes; la evolución clínica fue desde estados
graves, críticos hasta fallecidos, representando las infecciones hospitalarias el 75.5% de los niños
fallecidos.
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