Nosocomial Acquired Pneumonia in Elderly Patients with Cerebral Apoplexy / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical features of nosocomial acquired pneumonia in elderly patients with apoplexy.METHODS A retrospective study was carried out to investigate the clinical data of 724 elderly patients with apoplexy in Department of Neurology during Jan 1st,2003 to Dec 31st,2005.RESULTS The nosocomial acquired pneumonia rate was 12.26%.The nosocomial infection rate in patients with cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction was 23.79% and 6.48%,respectively.The incidence rate of nosocomial acquired pneumonia was related positively to long time in hospital,underlying disease severity,consciousness,swallow,preventive antibiotic therapy and diabetes.CONCLUSIONS More attention should be paid in clinical treatment and nursing care in order to lowering the occurrence of the nosocomial acquired pneumonia.