Epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia in critically ill patients

P. Mosconi; M. Langer; M. Cigada; M. Mandelli

doi:10.1007/BF00144995

Epidemiology and risk factors of pneumonia in critically ill patients

P. Mosconi, M. Langer, M. Cigada, M. Mandelli

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Abstract

Risk factors for pneumonia were analysed in a large population of critically ill patients, collected in two prospective multicentre "pneumonia studies" in Italy. Twenty-three intensive care units were involved and the study time was 150 unit months. Only patients without previous pulmonary infection, with intensive care unit stay ≥ 48 hours and no rapidly irreversible illness at admission were included. The incidence of pneumonia in the 1475 selected patients was 15% (220 cases). 239 patients died in ICU; the mortality rate was significantly higher in patients developing pneumonia (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	320-327
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144995
Publication status	Published - Jul 1991

Keywords

Intensive care unit
Mortality
Pneumonia
Risk factors

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Epidemiology

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