scholarly journals A Questionnaire-based Study on Awareness and Practices of Nursing Staff Regarding Risk Factors and Prevention of Exposure Keratopathy among Patients Admitted in a Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit of a Medical College Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Aditi Vidha ◽  
Rashmi Shambhu ◽  
Rashmi Jain ◽  
Vidya Hegde
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Medical College Hospital ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Medical College

scholarly journals Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Intensive Care Unit Patients of A Private Medical College Hospital in Dhaka

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quazi Tarikul Islam ◽  
Md Mahmudur Rahman Siddiqui ◽  
Farhana Raz ◽  
Mohammad Asrafuzzaman ◽  
Md Robed Amin
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Tracheal Aspirate ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Pseudomonas Spp ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Acinetobacter Spp ◽  
Klebsiella Spp

Because of importance of Hospital acquired infections (HAIs), it is critical to conduct surveillance studies to obtain the required data about the regional microorganisms and their susceptibility to antibiotics. This study to investigate antimicrobial resistance pattern among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in a private medical college hospital setup. In a cross sectional study, 100 specimens from patients admitted in the ICU who had signs or symptoms of nosocomial infection were collected from 2012 - 2013. For each patient, samples of blood, urine, tracheal aspirate, sputum, wound swab, pus, and endotracheal tubes were obtained, cultured and analyzed with antibiogram. The most common primary diagnosis were aspiration pneumonia (49%) and UTI (20%) respectively. The most common locations for infection were tracheal aspirate (54%). The most frequent gram negative microorganisms derived from samples were Acinetobacter spp (29%), Klebsiella spp (26%) and Pseudomonas spp (18%). Klebsiella spp, Acinetobacter spp and Pseudomonas spp were most common resistant organisms among all. Klebsiella spp were resistant against Ceftriaxone (84.6%), Ceftazidime (82.6%), Amikacin (46.1%), Gentamicin (66.6%) and Quinolones (65-66.6%) respectively. Acinetobacter spp were resistant against Ceftriaxone (85%), Ceftazidime (88.8%), Cefotaxime (85.7%), Meropenem (79.3%),Amikacin (86.2%), Gentamicin (84.5%) and Quinolons (86.2-89.2%) respectively. Pseudomonas spp were resistant against Ceftriaxone (70.5%), Ceftazidime (66.6%), Amikacin (68.7%), Gentamicin (58.8%), Meropenem (52.9%) and Quinolones (81.2-86.6%) respectively. Meropenem was the most sensitive antibiotic against Klebsiella spp (84.6%) but Cotrimoxazole in case of Acinetobacter spp (60%) respectively. Escherichia coli were mostly isolated from urine, which was sensitive to Amikacin (73.3%) and Meropenem (86.6%) respectively. Gram-negative pathogens obtained from ICU patients in our settings show high resistance to antibiotics. Regular monitoring of the pattern of resistance of common pathogens in the ICUs is essential to up-to-date the use of rational antibiotics regiments.Bangladesh J Medicine Jul 2014; 25 (2) : 47-51

scholarly journals Profile of Intensive Care Unit admission and Outcomes of Medical and Surgical patients at A Tertiary Government Hospital: A 5 Year Trend Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Shakera Ahmed ◽  
Omar Faruque Yusuf ◽  
AKM Shamsul Alam ◽  
Anisul Awal
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Ventilatory Support ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Advanced Airway ◽  
Medical Discipline ◽  
Record Review

Background: The intensive care unit (ICU) is that part of the hospital where critically ill patients that require advanced airway, respiratory and haemodynamic supports are usually admitted. Intensive care unit admissions which aim at achieving an outcome better than if the patients were admitted into other parts of the hospital however come at a huge cost to the hospital, the personnel and patients’ relations.Objective: To audit the 5 year bed occupancy rate and outcome of medicine and surgical patients admitted into the ICU of the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chittagong, Bangladesh.Design: A 5 years retrospective study (Record review) from January 2012 to December 2016. Method: Data were extracted from the ICU records of the patient and analyzed.Results: During this study period, the frequency of admission into ICU was significantly more (p<0.001) from medical discipline (55.20%) than surgical disciplines (44.80%). The incidence of survival was significantly lower (p<0.001) from medical discipline (37.68%), than from surgical disciplines (49.05%). Occurrence of total ventilatory support provided in all disciplines was 60.32% and it was significantly higher for the surgical patients. Overall mortality rate was 57.23%.Conclusion: During prioritizing the patients for ICU admission surgical cases should get preference. It is primarily necessary to optimize patient to doctor ratio and patient to nurse ratio and providing the service by critical care physicians (“intensivists”) to reduce the mortality rate of ICU.Bangladesh J Medicine Jul 2018; 29(2) : 59-62

scholarly journals Acute Kidney Injury in Patients of Intensive Care Unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Nazneen Mahmood ◽  
Md Fazlur Rahman ◽  
Md Mostafizur Rahman ◽  
SM Hossain Shahid ◽  
Md Mahmudur Ahman Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Acute Kidney Injury ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Type I ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Failure Group ◽  
Medical College

Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and numerous causes are responsible for its development. The aim of the present study is to assess the incidence, risk factors, and outcome of patients who develop AKI in our ICU.Methodology: This study was conducted by the Department of Nephrology, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Hospital (AKMMCH), a tertiary level center of Dhaka, during the period of January 2015 to December 2015. This is a Cross Sectional Descriptive type of Observational study on patients of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of AKMMCH.Result: A total number of 271 patients were admitted. Out of 271 patients, 59 (21.77%) patients with AKI who met our study requirements were included in the study and were evaluated. Among 59 patients 32 (54.23%) were males and 27 (45.77%) were females, with a male to female ratio of 1.19:1. The cause of admission were Diabetes mellitus with complication 11 (18.64%), Hepato-renal syndrome 10 (16.94%), Malignancy 7 (11.86%), Septicaemia 6 (10.18% ), Pneumonia 6 (10.18%), Intra-uterine death (IUD) 5 (8.48%) and others (Acute Myocardial Infarction, Non ST segment Elevated MI, Cerebro Vascular Disease, Gullain Burre Syndrome, Laparatomy, Type I and Type II Respiratory failure) 14 (23.72%). According to RIFLE's criteria most of the patients were from Injury group 32 (54.23%). Next to this, was Risk group 17 (28.83%) and in Failure, Loss and ESRD group were 7 (11.86%), 1(1.69%) and 2 (3.39%) accordingly. Regarding biochemical abnormality, mean Serum creatinine was 3.68 ± 2.15 and that of Urine output, HbA1C and HCO3 level ( in ABG ) were 4.57 ± 8.89, 6.91±1.4 and 17.14 ± 3.8 respectively. Out of 59 patients 10 (16.95%) needed Haemodialysis. According to RIFLE's criteria 7 (70%) were from Failure group, 1 patient from Loss group and 2 from ESRD group who received haemodialysis. 72.88% (43) patients improved, out of which 57.62% (34) got discharged from ICU after full recovery. 6.48% (4) patients expired and 3.38% (2) turned into ESRD and advised for regular haemodialysis.Conclusion: The incidence of AKI is high in patients admitted to ICU, and the development of AKI is associated with poor outcome and reduced survival. AKI significantly increases the duration of ICU stay, and this is likely to add to the healthcare burden. Age, gender or the presence of comorbidities do not appear to influence the incidence of AKI in our ICU patients.Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal Vol. 8, No. 1: Jan 2017, P 38-44

scholarly journals Early Puerperal Complications - A Prospective Clinical Study on Caesarean Deliveries

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Tahamina Akhter ◽  
Tabassum Ghani ◽  
Subinoy Krishna Paul ◽  
Noorjahan ◽  
Afrina Begum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Caesarean Section ◽  
Wound Infection ◽  
Fetal Distress ◽  
Medical College Hospital ◽  
Prospective Clinical Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Normal Delivery ◽  
Medical College

Introduction : when a healthy pregnant woman with no obstetric or medical risk factors goes into spontaneous labour, she should anticipate a normal delivery. But still 580, 000 women in the world die from pregnancy and childbirth each year.1 Lack of attention to postpartum care in developing countries is neglected tragedy and requires immediate attention. This study evaluates the incidence of complications of early puerperium and also focuses the specific types of complications and to detect the risk factors associated with these complications. Aims and objectives : Main aim of the study is to evaluate the common complications in early puerperium with special attention to identify the risk factors. Materials and method : This study was carried out in Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Sir Sallimullah Medical College Hospital within the period of March ’2004 to August’ 2004. Two hundred patients were selected for this study who were delivered by caesarean section in these two institutions and complications occurring within 7 days excluding first 24 hours. Patients delivered outside the hospital and with known medical diseases were excluded from this study. Detailed history taking and appropriate clinical examination and specific investigations were done for diagnosis of complications. All relevant informations was noted in prescribed data sheet and results were tabulated and statistical analysis was done. Results : Among 200 cases only 44(22%) cases had early puerperal morbidity.Most of the patients who suffered complications underwent caesarean section for obstructed labour and fetal distress who had trial at home. Many of the patients suffered from wound infection and endometritis (40.9%). Among patients, age group -<20 years suffered from wound infection(53.8%) and endometritis(45.8%) were common in age group 21-30 years. VVF was common in patients in age <20 years.Endometritis (42.2%) was maximum in women with parity 1-3 and wound infection (50%) in women with parity 4-6. Some of the patients had more than one early puerperal morbidity. Maximum number of poor class suffered from wound infection (42.4%).Early puerperal morbidity was more prevalent in women with duration of labour <18 hours and Premature rupture of membrane had relationship with endometritis (15.9%), wound infection (13.6%) and UTI (11.4%). Conclusion : Incidence of early puerperal morbidities is still quite high (22%) and many patients experiences more than one problem at a time.Long term sequelae of early puerperal infectious morbidity should not be neglected as this may interfere quality of life of a woman. J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 27, No.1, April, 2018, Page 68-71

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