Identificación de infecciones nosocomiales en pacientes con VIH/SIDA en UCI en el Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil 2017 - 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Nosocomial infections are classified as: An infection that is contracted within the hospital by a patient who has been hospitalized for a cause other than said infection. Or an infection that appears in a patient admitted to a hospital or some other health care center where the infection had not presented symptoms or was in the incubation period until the moment of being admitted. Objectives: To identify the most frequent nosocomial infections that occur in HIV / AIDS patients in the ICU at the General Hospital Del Norte de Guayaquil Los Ceibos 2017 - 2019 Materials and methods: A retrospective cohort study. The quantity of the sample was conditioned to the total universe of HIV / AIDS patients with hospital stay in the ICU service of the Hospital del Norte de Guayaquil Ceibos. The sample (84 patients) was selected, the subjects who were diagnosed with HIV / AIDS and presented opportunistic diseases during their hospital stay were considered. Results: 88.2% of the population consisted of men, with a mean age of 41.8 years. The most frequent isolated microorganism for nosocomial bacteremia was Pseudomona aeruginosa in 38% of the cases, and the most frequent pathology in relation to nosocomial disease was pneumonia with 36.9% of the cases presented. Conclusions: A comparative analysis of means was performed, which did not demonstrate the statistically significant difference estimated, which shows a probable lack of relationship between HIV infection of our patients with the development of nosocomial infections, but could be established by factors external, be these comorbidities, or clinical status in which they were presented at the admission of ICU, and hospital stay times, not detailed in this study Conclusions: A comparative analysis was performed, which did not show the statistically significant difference estimated, which shows a probable lack of relationship between HIV infection of our patients with the development of nosocomial infections, but could be established by external factors, be these comorbidities, or clinical status in which they were presented at the admission of ICU, and hospital stay times, not detailed in this study.