Open AccessTemporal trends of ventilatorassociated pneumonia in adult intensive care units in the municipality of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Author(s) -
Ana Caroliny Faria Alves Favorito,
Silvana de Lima Vieira dos Santos,
Alexsandra Gomes Resende de Souza da Silva,
Júlio César Coelho do Nascimento,
Hélio Galdino Júnior,
Katiane Martins Mendonça,
Sandra Alves,
Heliny Carneiro Cunha Neves
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de patologia tropical / journal of tropical pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1080-8178
pISSN - 0301-0406
DOI - 10.5216/rpt.v50i4.69511
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , intensive care , mechanical ventilation , public health , multidisciplinary approach , percentile , health care , ventilator associated pneumonia , disease control , environmental health , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , nursing , social science , physics , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth , statistics , mathematics
Given the potential for morbidity and mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the profile of these infections in adult intensive care units was evaluated in the city of Goiânia. Data were collected from a secondary base in the Department of Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Services, of the Municipal Health Department of Goiânia, from 2014 to 2016, in private (82.7%), public (17.2%), and philanthropic (6.0%) health care services. The rate of use of mechanical ventilation did not change significantly over the three years (32.6%). However, there was a decrease in the mean of VAP incidence density, and in 2016 there was a reduction of 7% in the 90th percentile. These reductions highlight the benefit of the implementation and adherence to bundles by the multidisciplinary team.KEY WORDS: Pneumonia; ventilator-associated; ventilators; mechanical; disease notification.