Epidemiology of hospital-acquired pneumonia: Results of a Central European multicenter, prospective, observational study compared with data from the European region

• Authors: HERKEL Tomas; UVIZL Radovan; DOUBRAVSKA Lenka; ADAMUS Milan; GABRHELIK Tomas; HTOUTOU SEDLAKOVA Miroslava; KOLAR Milan; HANULIK Vojtech; PUDOVA Vendula; LANGOVA Katerina; ZAZULA Roman; REZAC Tomas; MORAVEC Michal; CERMAK Pavel; SEVCIK Pavel; STAŠEK Jan; MALÁSKA Jan; ŠEVČÍKOVÁ Alena; HANSLIANOVÁ Markéta; TUREK Zdenek; CERNY Vladimir; PATEROVA Pavla
• Year of publication: 2016
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Biomedical Papers of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/bp.2016.014
• Field: Other medical specializations
• Keywords: hospital acquired pneumonia; mortality; HAP; VAP; antibiotic therapy
• Description: This study is the first to collate multicenter data on the epidemiology of HAP in the Central European Region. The patient cohort was divided into early- and late-onset HAP subgroups. A subgroup of patients with VAP was assessed separately. The study focuses on relationships between 30-day patient mortality and type of HAP, etiologic agent and type of antibiotic used for initial empirical therapy. The study reports on the epidemiology in the above region with respect to the incidence of etiologic agents causing HAP and provides an overview of treatment efficacy and adequacy of antibiotic therapy.