Inhalation is a common condition in patients with impaired their awareness requiring protection of the upper airway by endotracheal intubation. This inhalation may lead to chemical pneumonitis and/or bacterial pneumonia. Only the latter requires the administration of antibiotics. Patients developing such a bacterial pneumonia, has a mortality, duration of mechanical ventilation and length of ICU stay increased. However, the proportion of patients with such bacterial pneumonia, bacterial ecology and morbidity that are little known. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of bacterial pneumonia in patients admitted to the ICU for coma and treated with mechanical ventilation
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
250
CHD Vendee
La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Determine the frequency of bacterial pneumonia in patients admitted to the ICU for coma and treated with mechanical ventilation
Participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time frame: ICU Discharge
Quantify the use of antibiotics during the ICU stay for patients admitted to the ICU for coma and treated with mechanical ventilation
Participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time frame: ICU Discharge
Description of the bacterial flora identified in respiratory specimens.
Participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time frame: ICU Discharge
Identification of predictive factors for development of bacterial pneumonia
Participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time frame: ICU Discharge
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