Assisted breathing preterm children associated pneumonia clinical features and risk factors

Objective To investigate the application of preterm children after ventilator-assisted breathing cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) clinical features and risk factors.Methods Application of our hospital ventilator-assisted breathing lead to premature children after clinical data were retrospectively analyzed VAP,the risk factors in mechanically ventilated patients with VAP groups were compared,for better screening independence multivariate factors Logistic regression analysis,summarized the clinical features lead to preterm children and the risk factors for VAP.Results Compared with patients without VAP,VAP children with lower gestational age,low birth weight,longer duration of mechanical ventilation,longer indwelling stomach tube,endotracheal intubation more frequently,the differences were statistically significant (x2 =6.93,all P ＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis indicated that the heavier birth weight,the lower the incidence of VAP,duration of mechanical ventilation longer intubation more times higher incidence of VAP group (x2 =8.49,all P ＜0.05).Conclusions Gestational age,birth weight,duration of mechanical ventilation,indwelling stomach tube time,the number of endotracheal intubation is a risk factor for VAP in premature children. Key words: Preterm children; Ventilator-assisted breathing; Pneumonia; Risk factors