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Christopher M Patty1, Alisha Sandidge-Renteria, Sabrina Orique
1Office of Research, (Dr Patty) and Advanced Nursing Practice Department (Mss Sandidge-Renteria, Newsom, and Schneider, Drs Orique and Camarena, and Mr Dixon), Kaweah Delta Health Care District, Visalia, California.
Background:
Nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is a common hospital-acquired condition that is amenable to basic nursing care interventions.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of NV-HAP in a California community hospital and to identify the patient and nursing care factors including missed nursing care associated with its development.
Methods:
A retrospective study identified possible NV-HAP cases with ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision) codes and then validated cases using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmatory criteria.
Results:
The incidence of NV-HAP in our hospital was 0.64 cases per 1000 patient-days. Patient factors most strongly associated with NV-HAP were age (each year of increased age was associated with a 4% increased likelihood of developing NV-HAP) (OR = 1.04-1.07) and the presence of underlying disease, which reduced odds of developing NV-HAP by 36% (OR = 0.36; 95% CI, 0.12-0.98). Head-of-bed elevation reduced by 26% the odds of developing NV-HAP (OR = 0.26; 95% CI, 0.07-0.08).
Conclusions:
NV-HAP can be predicted and potentially prevented. Paradoxically, the presence of underlying disease was not positively associated with the development of NV-HAP in this study.
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