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- IRMS - Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh
- 1. COLECȚIA INSTITUȚIONALĂ
- MedEspera: International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors
- MedEspera 2024
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Title: | Healthcare-associated infections in pediatric patients- an underestimated problem of humanity |
Authors: | Marga, Irina |
Keywords: | pediatric patients;incidence;morbidity;mortality;Healthcare-associated infection |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Publisher: | Instituţia Publică Universitatea de Stat de Medicină şi Farmacie „Nicolae Testemiţanu” din Republica Moldova |
Citation: | MARGA, Irina. Healthcare-associated infections in pediatric patients- an underestimated problem of humanity. In: MedEspera: the 10th Intern. Medical Congress for Stud. and Young Doctors, 24-27 April 2024: abstract book. Chișinău, 2024, p. 421. ISBN 978-9975-3544-2-4. |
Abstract: | Introduction. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are the most frequent cause of morbidity
and mortality in children, contributing to prolonged hospitalization and increased healthcare costs.
Aim of study. The aim of the study is to evaluate the bibliographic data regarding the situation of
HCAIs in pediatric patients.
Methods and materials. A bibliographic study was carried out, the search engine included the
keywords: "Healthcare Associated Infections" and "infections in pediatric units" on the search
platforms Pubmed, Google Scholar and Hinari. Over 100 sources were analyzed. Of them, 19
sources were relevant to the research topic and met the inclusion criteria.
Results. At the global level, it is estimated that a lot of hospitalized children suffer from HCAIs,
with incidence rates ranging from 3.5% to 12% in developed countries and 5.7% to 19.1% in lowand middle-income countries. The result of a study carried out in 29 European countries,
demonstrates that the range of prevalence of HCAIs in children in Europe is between the values of
4.0–10.7%, the average incidence for Europe being 6.1%. Pediatric intensive care units (15.5%)
and neonatal intensive care units (10.7%) have the highest prevalence of HCAIs, followed by
neonatology wards (3.5%), pediatric surgery (3.4%) and general pediatric wards (1.8%). A study
conducted in India demonstrated that the rate of HCAI in pediatric intensive care units was 20%.
Bloodstream infections (37.3%), pneumonia (30.5%), and urinary tract infections (25.5%) were
the most common and were almost always associated with the use of an invasive device. Another
study done in Turkey determined the occurrence of 311 (9.1%) episodes of HCAIs in 3420
hospitalized pediatric patients. 77.8% of them-were less than 1 year old. Annually, in the Republic
of Moldova, about 60 cases of HCAIs in children aged 0-17 years old are reported to the National
Public Health Agency. But no matter to this, studies that would demonstrate the real
epidemiological situation through HCAIs in children in the country, have not been carried out.
Conclusion. HCAIs in pediatric departments represent a primary public health problem. Despite
all the efforts to register, monitor and control pediatric HCAIs, until the moment the incidence of
these infections is underestimated, the real incidence being much higher. |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | MedEspera: The 10th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, 24-27 April 2024, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova |
URI: | https://medespera.md/en/books?page=10 http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/28825 |
ISBN: | 978-9975-3544-2-4 |
Appears in Collections: | MedEspera 2024
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