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Original Contribution
Pattern and Frequency of Hospital Acquired
Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
at Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Saudi
Arabia
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Mohamad M. Almasadi, Saleh M. Al-Qahtani, Ibrahim
Alhelali, Njood Alwadei, Asmahan Aasiri, Maryam
Alnabhan, Fatmah Alassiri, Kholoud Alomar
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93839
Emergency Physician Practice of laboratory
tests requesting at King Faisal Hospital Taif,
KSA, 2020
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Abdulsalam Alshehri , Maryam A. Alzaylaee, Afnan
S. ALgethami, Amjad W. Alotaibi, Hessa A. Alshahrani,
Shumukh K, Aburukbah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93840
The most desired values of high and low
density lipoproteins and triglycerides in the
plasma
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Mustafa Yaprak, Necmetin
Tasci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93842
Quality of life of older patients attending
a general hospital in Baghdad/Iraq
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Maha Sulaiman Younis
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93841
Physical activity profile among Saudi adults
in Abha City, Saudi Arabia
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Yousef Hussain Al Zahib, Hammam Baarimah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93843
Coronavirus Environment vs Socio-Economic
and Demographic Problems Followed: A Sociological
Appraisal
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93844
Flexible intramedullary nails for treatment
of femoral shaft fracture in children, Aden,
Yemen
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Abdulsalam Abdullah Hadi Mohsen
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93845
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors
and its Renal benefits in type 2 diabetes. A
Systematic Review
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Saad Ur Rehman, Faiqa Rahman
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93846
Parkinson's Disease: An update on Pathophysiology,
Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management. Part
4 : Differential Diagnosis and Patient Assessment
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Abdulrazak Abyad
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93847
Bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila:
A case report and review of literature
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Njood M. Alwadei, Ibrahim Alhelali, Moustafa
S Mohame
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93848
Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of women
about the long and short-term effects of a caesarean
section for mothers and children in Taif, KSA,
2020
[Abstract]
[pdf]
Ashwaq K. Al-Harthi, Shumukh K. Aburukbah ,
Afnan S. Algethami , Faten A. Kaabi ,
Abdullah M. Altalhi, Maryam A. Alzaylaee
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93849
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Volume 18, Issue 8 |
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Pattern and
Frequency of Hospital Acquired Infections in
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Abha Maternity
and Children Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Mohamad M. Almasadi (1)
Saleh M. Al-Qahtani (2)
Ibrahim Alhelali (3)
Njood Alwadei (4)
Asmahan Aasiri (4)
Maryam Alnabhan (4)
Fatmah Alassiri (4)
Kholoud Alomar (4)
(1) Pediatric ICU fellow, Abha Maternity
and Children Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
(2) Associate Professor, Department of Child
Health, College of Medicine, King Khalid University,
Abha, Saudi Arabia
(3) Consultant of Pediatric Intensive Care,
Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Abha,
Saudi Arabia
(4) Saudi Board Program’ Resident, Abha
Maternity and Children Hospital, Abha, Saudi
Arabia
Corresponding author:
Dr. Alhelali Ibrahim
Abha Maternity and Children Hospital,
Abha, Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966501354870
Email: Ibrahim919@hotmail.com
Received: June 2020; Accepted: July 2020; Published:
August 1, 2020. Citation: Mohamad M. Almasadi
et al.. Pattern and Frequency of Hospital Acquired
Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
at Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Saudi
Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(8):
5-12 DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93839
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Abstract
Objectives: To determine the pattern
and frequency of hospital acquired infection
(HAI) in pediatric intensive care unit
(PICU) at Abha maternity and children
hospital.
Subjects and
methods: Retrospective analytical
cohort study was carried out from 1 March
2017 to 28 February 2018 at Abha Maternity
and Children hospital, Abha city, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia (KSA). All pediatric patients
from 1 month to 12 years who had HAI in
PICU were included. Information was collected
regarding age, gender, length of hospital
stay, underlying diseases, invasive procedures,
types of HAI, causative organisms, and
mortality rate. IBM SPSS software, version
25 was utilized for data entry and analysis.
Results:
Out of 585 pediatric patients admitted
to PICU, Abha Maternity and Children hospital
throughout the study period (1 March 2017
- 28 February 2018), there were 42 acquired
infections with 79 episodes, giving a
rate of 7.2%, based on number of cases
and 13.5% based on number of episodes.
The age of 40.5% of them ranged between
one and less than 6 months. More than
half of them (53.7%) stayed more than
30 days at the hospital. The number of
HAI episodes was three or above, among
54.8% of cases. Concerning the type of
infection, the commonest reported types
were central-line associated bloodstream
infection and ventilator-associated infection
(52.4%), followed by bloodstream infection
(42.9%), catheter-associated urinary tract
infection (CA-UTI) and urinary tract infection
(UTI) (21.4%). Regarding the causative
organisms, Klebsiella pneumonia was the
most frequent (34.3%), followed by Pseudomonas
(11.4%), Candida tropicalis (7.6%) and
Candida famata (6.3%). The commonest causative
organism for CA-UTI was Enterococcus faecium
(25%) whereas that of UTI was Klebsiella
pneumoniae (55.5%). For bloodstream infection
and central line associated blood stream
infection, the commonest causative organism
was Klebsiella pneumoniae (33.3% and 36.4%),
respectively.
Conclusion:
Hospital acquired infection is not very
rare in PICU units. Also, mortality rate
is relatively high and is related to number
of hospital acquired infections.
Key words:
PICU, hospital acquired infection, Frequency,
causative organism
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