ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Care NICU in Bulgaria.
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Abstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the second most common hospital-acquired infection (HAI) among neonatal patients in the intensive care units (ICUs) and is a serious challenge for neonatologists because it affects critically ill patients who need prolonged mechanical ventilation. In Bulgaria, there is no detailed data at regional and national levels on the characteristics of VAP in newborns, which imposes a necessity for specific studies of risk factors and etiology of VAP. The aim of the study was to analyze the frequency, characteristics and risk factors for the occurrence of VAP in newborns hospitalized in intensive care unit. This was a prospective study, conducted between January 2017 and June 2018 in the NICU of University Hospital "St. George" Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The sample consisted of 507 neonates, followed up prospectively, 107 of whom were placed on mechanical ventilation for ≥48 h. VAP was diagnosed in 33 out of 107 neonates (31%). The VAP incidence rate was 35.06/1.000 ventilator days. We confirmed differences between the median birth weight (1,310 vs. 1,690 g,
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