Economic burden of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a developing country

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Alp E., Kalin G., Coskun R., SUNGUR M., GÜVEN M., DOĞANAY M.

JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, cilt.81, sa.2, ss.128-130, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.03.006
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.128-130
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Economic cost, Intensive care, Ventilator-associated pneumonia, RISK-FACTORS, INFECTIONS
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) developed in 96 (60%) of 159 patients with 37.2 cases per 1000 ventilation-days in a medical intensive care unit (MICU). Median time for VAP development was 5.5 days (range: 2-25). The most significant risk factors for VAP were stay in hospital before MICU and length of stay in MICU. The mean length of stay in MICU for VAP patients was 23.8 +/- 19.8 days, which was four-fold higher than for non-VAP patients. The daily cost for VAP patients was half that for non-VAP patients. The total costs for VAP patients were about three-fold higher than for non-VAP patients. (C) 2012 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.