Ventilación prolongada: comportamiento en nuestra unidad

Se revisaron los expedientes clinicos y libro de registros de pacientes ventilados de nuestra unidad seleccionando los pacientes de mas de siete dias de ventilacion desde enero de 1997 hasta el diciembre del 2004 considerando estos dentro de la ventilacion prolongada, se clasificaron segun grupos etereos, sexo, complicaciones causa de la ventilacion y estado al egreso. Se confeccionaron tablas, se analizaron mediante el metodo de los porciento y las mismas arrojaron los siguientes resultados: se estudiaron 166 pacientes de ellos 96 del sexo femenino, las edades de 56 a 75 anos arrojaron un mayor numero de pacientes, la neumonia fue la complicacion mas frecuente, y el Sindrome de Distress Respiratorio Agudo fue la causa de mayor numero de ventilados, el mayor numero se ventilo por un periodo de 7-15 dias, la mortalidad fue de un 43.3 porciento. There were checked clinical files and registry book of patients ventilated in our unit selecting patients with more than 7 days of ventilation since january 1997 to december 2004, considering these as prolongued ventilation, there were classified according ethereal groups, sex, complication cause of ventilation and departure state. There were made up tables, there were analized through the method of percent and we arrived to these results: there were studied 166 patients, 96 of them were feminine, the ages from 56 to 75 years old showed more quantity of patients, the pneumonia was the more frequent complication and the SRDA was the cause of major number of ventilated, the major number was ventilated in a period of 7 to 15 days, the mortality was of a 43,3 percent.