Clinical characteristics of hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and the risk factors of hospital-acquired pneumonia(HAP) in the patients with intracerebral hemorrhage(ICH) .Methods The clinical data of 1 184 cases of ICH complicating HAP from Sep .2009 to Sep .2012 were analyzed retrospectively and statistically .Results The incidence rate of HAP was 13 .0% in these ICH patients , the detected pathogens were in turn Gram-negative bacilli(63 .4% ) ,Gram-positive cocci(26 .7% ) and fungi(9 .9% );the risk factors of HAP in ICH patients were related with the age of patients ,underlying disease ,length of hospital stay ,conscious state ,tracheoto-my ,amount of cerebral hemorrhage ,bulbar palsy and nutritional status .Conclusion The patients with ICH are easy to develop HAP .Aiming at the above risk factors ,the comprehensive measures should be adopted to reduce the incidence rate of HAP in ICH patients .