Sayali Vishvas Chitale1, Manas Kumar Behera2
BACKGROUND
Mechanical ventilation is one of the modality of treatment in critically ill children and can be lifesaving in many cases if done with meticulous care. It is associated with complications, which adversely influence patient’s outcome. This study done to evaluated clinical profile, mortality and morbidity pattern in mechanically ventilated patients in PICU.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in PICU of Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Narhe, Pune. All the ventilated patients in PICU from January 2015 to June 2016 were studied.
RESULTS
Total 102 patients were studied, majority were boys 71 (69%). Mean age was 22.6 months. Average duration of ventilation was 4.16 day. The commonest indication of ventilation was bronchopneumonia. Prolonged ventilation was associated with poor outcome. Most common complication was nosocomial infection 42%. Mortality was 57%.
CONCLUSION
Ventilation is associated with morbidity and mortality, early diagnosis of complications and effective treatment definitely decreases the morbidity.
