Risks of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation in the preterm newborn
Journal Title: Revista Información Científica - Year 2019, Vol 98, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: for neonatologists practicing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), it is very important to identify the most severe patients and predict which of them are more likely to develop pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation (VAP). Objective: identify the risk factors for pneumonia associated with invasive artificial mechanical ventilation in newborns admitted to the NICU of the Neonatal service of the General Teaching Hospital "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes" from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016. Method: an analytical case and control study was conducted on the risk factors of pneumonia associated with artificial mechanical ventilation in the newborn. The study groups consisted of 50 cases and 100 controls, respectively. The evaluation of the associations was performed by the binary logistic regression. Results: the gestational age variables before 37 weeks of gestation, the low birth weight have twice or more risks of suffering pneumonia associated with ventilation significantly , p <0.05. Conclusions: the gestational age less than 37 weeks, the weight at birth less than 2500 grams, the male sex, the type of dystocic delivery, the stay in the ventilator more than three days were significant variables.
Authors and Affiliations
Rafael Ferrer Montoya, María Caridad Estévez Llovet, Alexis Montero Aguilera, Yenia Díaz Fonseca, Yohani García Mederos
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