Introduction: The mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone of treatment for patients with acute respiratory failure and is one of the pivotal therapies in critical care medicine. The epidemiology of mechanical ventilation in México is scarce and usually a transpolated of the information in high specialty centers. The mechanical ventilation has the aim of assisting in the elimination of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and / or favoring the adequate exchange of oxygen while the patient is unable to do so or due to conditions external to the respiratory system. Quality indicators of attention are a quantitative measure that are used to assess important aspects of clinical practice. Objective: Describe the epidemiology and mortality factors in mechanically ventilated patients treated at second level ICU in Piedras Negras, Coahuila México. Material and Methods: retrospective study from December 2016 to December 2019 all patients treated with MV. We collected general demographic characteristics, quality indicators and complications, severity of disease and mortality. Results: 164 patients were enrolled. Female 54.8%, main diagnoses Sepsis 30.5%, and DKA 13.4%, mean age 44.1 SD ± mean SOFA 7.2 SD ± 6.2, mean SAPS3 50.6 SD ± 20.2, ICU LOS 4.5 SD ± 5.1, Hospital LOS 11.7 SD ± 10.2 p<0.0001. ICU and Hospital mortality 14 % and 23.8%. The factors associated with ICU mortality were: Age, MV hours, Respiratory SOFA, and Hepatic SOFA and with Hospital mortality: Age, Neurological SOFA, Unstable at admission, SOFA and SAPS 3. Conclusions: MV is a primordial need of critical care patients, our mortality was reported lower than expected but quality of attention indicators most be improved in order to maintain this trend. This study has several limitations in population and applicability but contributes with primordial information about MV critical care patients treated at México.
Respiratory and Gastrointestinal systems; friends or foes?
