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Med Int Mex 2025; 41 (01)

Epidemiology of sepsis in a specialized intensive care unit for traumatized adults

Sosa MMA, López MCE

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 10-16
PDF size: 320.55 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: To report the epidemiology of sepsis in the intensive care unit of trauma.
Materials and Methods: A prospective, observational, non-interventional, cross-sectional, epidemiological prevalence study was done at Intensive Care Unit of Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital 21, IMSS, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Results: Seventy patients were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, from which 57 were male. The median age was 41 years (limits: 18 to 77 years). The most frequent admission diagnoses were: burns (19 out of 70), traumatic brain injury (14/70), and polytrauma (12/70). Forty patients developed sepsis. Bacterial agents accounted for 92%. Acinetobacter baumannii (24/70) was the most common, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (21/70) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15/70). The most frequent sites of infection were: respiratory (50/70), surgical wound (19/70), and abdominal (5/70).
Conclusions: The epidemiology of sepsis in the trauma intensive care unit was similar to that found in other studies.


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