Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characterization of patients with sepsis in an intensive cares unit

Authors

  • Yusdelis Rodríguez Paz Hospital General Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Orlando Pantoja Tamayo, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Contramaestre. Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2631-5556
  • Marisleydi Rodríguez Pantoja Hospital Provincial Universitario Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Granma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-2034
  • Yanet Lemes Sánchez Hospital General Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Orlando Pantoja Tamayo, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Contramaestre. Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7688-4813
  • Yoan Quesada Castillo Hospital General Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Orlando Pantoja Tamayo, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Contramaestre. Santiago de Cuba https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5541-1171

Keywords:

sepsis, Escherichia coli, Intensive Cares Unit, infection.

Abstract

Introduction: The incidence, morbidity and mortality of sepsis transforms it into an important health care problem that requires the adoption of specific measures, in order to take conscience of the problem.  

Objectives: To characterize the patients with sepsis according to selected clinical, epidemiological and microbiological variables. 

Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 119 patients with sepsis, discharged from the Intensive Cares Unit of Orlando Pantoja Tamayo General Hospital, in Contramaestre was carried out, from January, 2014 to July, 2017.  The chi-square test was applied, to identify association statistically significant between the variables, with a significance level of α = 0.05.

Results: There was a prevalence of  females (54.6 %), 66-80 years age group for both sexes (33.6 %) and  pneumonia associated to ventilation as the most frequent form of presentation of sepsis (51.6 %), mainly the one produced by Enterobacter sp. (34.4 %).  

Conclusions: Sepsis is presented fundamentally by breathing infections produced by  gramnegative germs in patients who required  invasive procedures as part of the treatment. 

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2020-04-09

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Rodríguez Paz Y, Rodríguez Pantoja M, Lemes Sánchez Y, Quesada Castillo Y. Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characterization of patients with sepsis in an intensive cares unit. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 9 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];24(2):252-6. Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/2853

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2020): marzo-abril

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