Background: Patients with severe COVID-19 evolve to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and require management in Intensive Care Units (ICU) where they are exposed to immobilization, immunosuppression, malnutrition, nosocomial infections; may develop ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW), which increases with the stay and use of mechanical ventilation (MV).There is evidence of the use of different modalities in rehabilitation to mitigate these effects. Goal: To determine the efficacy of a Multimodal Rehabilitation Program (MRP) in reducing the number of days of mechanical ventilation and stay in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in ICU, as well as to describe its clinical and hospital characteristics. Material and Methods: An quasi-experimental study was designed, with sequential sampling and without blinding. A control and intervention group was formed, with 32 participants each. A Mult...

Background: Patients with severe COVID-19 evolve to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and require management in Intensive Care Units (ICU) where they are exposed to immobilization, immunosuppression, malnutrition, nosocomial infections; may develop ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW), which increases with the stay and use of mechanical ventilation (MV).There is evidence of the use of different modalities in rehabilitation to mitigate these effects. Goal: To determine the efficacy of a Multimodal Rehabilitation Program (MRP) in reducing the number of days of mechanical ventilation and stay in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in ICU, as well as to describe its clinical and hospital characteristics. Material and Methods: An quasi-experimental study was designed, with sequential sampling and without blinding. A control and intervention group was formed, with 32 participants each. A Mult...

Background: Patients with severe COVID-19 evolve to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and require management in Intensive Care Units (ICU) where they are exposed to immobilization, immunosuppression, malnutrition, nosocomial infections; may develop ICU Acquired Weakness (ICUAW), which increases with the stay and use of mechanical ventilation (MV).There is evidence of the use of different modalities in rehabilitation to mitigate these effects. Goal: To determine the efficacy of a Multimodal Rehabilitation Program (MRP) in reducing the number of days of mechanical ventilation and stay in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in ICU, as well as to describe its clinical and hospital characteristics. Material and Methods: An quasi-experimental study was designed, with sequential sampling and without blinding. A control and intervention group was formed, with 32 participants each. A Mult...

Objetivos: Determinar las variables respiratorias asociadas a mortalidad en pacientes que ingresaron a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de adultos del Hospital Alberto Sabogal Sologuren, Callao – Perú, ingresados desde el 1 de julio al 31 de setiembre del 2009 con síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo debido a infección confirmada por virus de la Influenza A (H1N1). Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio de serie de casos, registrándose mediciones diarias de cada una de las variables respiratorias durante los primeros 10 días que recibieron ventilación mecánica invasiva, se estableció el promedio y desviación estándar de los grupos de pacientes sobrevivientes y no sobrevivientes, luego se buscó si esta diferencia es estadísticamente significativa. Resultados: De los 10 pacientes del estudio, sobrevivieron 4; en el transcurso de los días el agravamiento de las vari...

Objective: Determine the risk factors for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. Material and Methods: An observational, analytical, retrospective, case-control study was carried out in which 84 medical records of patients aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia were selected by simple randomization at the Alta Complejidad Hospital Virgen de la Puerta (HACVP) and Hospital Belén de Trujillo (HBT) during the period from January-2014 to December-2019. In the data analysis, the Chi-square test was used to determine the statistical significance of association in the study variables. Results: Age, use of prior broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, use of urinary catheter, time of urinary catheter use, and postoperative abdominal surgery were significantly asso...

INTRODUCCIÓN: La infección de sitio operatorio es una complicación devastadora desde el punto de vista biológico y económico; puede causar seria incapacidad y muerte, además de los elevados costos para el paciente, la familia y las instituciones de salud. OBJETIVO: Evaluar si los pacientes apendicectomizados en quienes se aislaron gérmenes en el cultivo del exudado peritoneal presentaron infección de sitio operatorio. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: El estudio se realizó con 104 pacientes intervenidos de Apendicitis Aguda, que ingresaron por el Servicio de Emergencia del Hospital III ESSALUD – Chimbote entre el 1 de Noviembre de 2001 y el 30 de Abril de 2002; con edades que oscilaron entre 1 y 90 años. A todos ellos se les realizó cultivo del exudado peritoneal. RESULTADOS: El porcentaje de pacientes apendicectomizados con infección de sitio operatorio fue de 22.12%. De los 23 pacient...