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Table 4 Interventions and complications in patients with nosocomial and ventilator associated pneumonia

From: Nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia in a community hospital intensive care unit: a retrospective review and analysis

Need for mechanical ventilation:

36 patients

Need for tracheostomy during hospitalization:

16 patients

Chronic tracheostomy prior to admission:

2 patients

Requirement for surgery including chest tube, thoracotomy/decortication:

15 patients

Stenotrophomomas

7

Acinetobacter

3

Pseudomonas

8

MRSA

3

Others

4

Septic shock:

23 patients

Required drotrecogin alfa:

4 patients

Average SAPS II score:

39