Prevalencia de infección de catéter venoso central en pacientes oncohematológicos en el hospital Luis Vernaza 2017.

Abstract

Central venous catheters are currently needed in medical practice, their use leads to a potential for local or systemic complications. In this investigation the Objective: To determine the prevalence of central venous catheter infection in oncohematological patients Hospital Luis Vernaza 2017 .Methodology: Study with a quantitative approach of a retrospective, transversal and descriptive type. Population: 32 medical records of oncohematological patients admitted to the Luis Vernaza Hospital in 2017. For the data collection we use a data collection card. Results: The prevalence of infection associated with the catheter is 38% of our total population and that 63% did not present. The infected age group of 16 to 26 years with 6 patients corresponds to 50%. Of the causative microorganisms Klebsiella Pneumoniae KPC producing strain prevails in the first event which corresponds to 42%, in the second event Klebsiella Pneumoniae KPC producing strain prevails with 50%. Conclusions: According to the results obtained by our study, we can mention that there is a high prevalence of bacteremia associated with the central venous catheter. The most frequent causative organism that predominated in the first and second event was Klebsiella Pneumoniae KPC producing strain. There was a high percentage of deceased oncohematological patients who had a central venous catheter and were hospitalized during this period, so it was determined that the deceased patients were not associated with the catheter infection despite their clinical condition and basic pathology, however, this type of infections if it generates a complication to your clinical picture.