Incidence and risk factors of non-device-associated pneumonia in an acute-care hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To update current estimates of non-device-associated pneumonia (ND pneumonia) rates and their frequency relative to ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), and identify risk factors for ND pneumonia.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Academic teaching hospital.

Patients

All adult hospitalizations between 2013 and 2017 were included. Pneumonia (device associated and non-device associated) were captured through comprehensive, hospital-wide active surveillance using CDC definitions and methodology.

Results

From 2013 to 2017, there were 163,386 hospitalizations (97,485 unique patients) and 771 pneumonia cases (520 ND pneumonia and 191 VAP). The rate of ND pneumonia remained stable, with 4.15 and 4.54 ND pneumonia cases per 10,000 hospitalization days in

SUBMITTER: Strassle PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961942 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature