Valoración a pacientes con neumonía asociada a ventilador mecánico ingresados en la UCI en el hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, periodo enero a abril año 2022.

Abstract

Nursing assessment in patients with mechanical ventilation is one of the mostimportant tools in the care process since it allows detecting signs of infection in order to take the necessary measures together with the health team in orderto provide quality care Objective of the study is the nursing assessment of patients with pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilators admitted to the ICU at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo hospital, from January to April 2022; Design: descriptive, quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional; Population: patients diagnosed with ventilator-associated pneumonia; Instrument: data collection form and scales; Technique: direct observation; Results: the age ranges from 48 to 54 years, with pathological antecedents such as cerebrovascular event; At the assessment, 46% of the patients are in an induced state, 87% with hypotension, 82% do not have patent airways, infiltration in the lungs with acute respiratory distress syndrome, they present constipation, swelling of the upper limbs, 50% of patients tested positive for Kleibsella, regarding nursing diagnoses there is the risk of suffocation, ineffective respiratory pattern, Discussion: According to a study carried out by several authors entitled "assessment in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia" showed that there is a risk in people over 55 years of age, with nursing diagnoses more common decreased gas exchange, with a common pathological agent such as enterococcus, with pathological antecedents such as diabetes; Conclusions: we determined that the nursing assessment is the first and indisputable step so that the patient with mechanical ventilation doesnot develop nosocomial diseases.