Mortality due to infections associated with healthcare. Abel Santa María Cuadrado Hospital, 2015

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.37.03.02

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mortality, death cause, delivery of health care, public hospitals, bacterial infections

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ABSTRACT

Objective: To characterize the mortality due to infections associated with health care at the Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital, in Pinar del Río, during 2015.

Methodology: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 278 patients who died from infections associated with health care with necropsy performed and complete data in the medical record.

Results: The 40.6% of patients presented a hospital stay of 22 days and more.  The 66.2% presented an infection of respiratory location; the nosocomial pneumonia was the main basic cause of death. About 28.8% of the isolated organisms were Enterobacter ssp. The most common antibiotic applied was Ciprofloxacin, with 54.3% and the most prevalent invasive procedure was bladder catheterization (84.2%).Conclusions: The main variables associated with mortality due to IAAS were hospital overtime and urinary catheter use. Respiratory site infection was the most frequent with gram-negative germ predominance. High use of antibiotics was evident.

Keywords: mortality, death cause, delivery of health care, public hospitals, bacterial infections.

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Author Biography

Luis Rolando Vera Delgado, Ministerio de Salud Pública

Especialista en Medicina General Integral

Especialista en Higiene y Epidemiología

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Published

2019-12-24

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Vol. 37 No. 3 (2019): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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