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Chinese Journal of Neurotraumatic Surgery(Electronic Edition) ›› 2021, Vol. 07 ›› Issue (03): 141-145. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.2095-9141.2021.03.004

• Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Clinical analysis of severe traumatic brain injury complicated by pulmonary infection

Shuang Wu1, Sanzhong Li1, Xiuquan Wu1, Yu Huan1, Xin He1, Jidong Sun1, Wei Du1, Xiaofan Jiang1, Zhou Fei1, Wei Lin1,()   

  1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, the First Air Force Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
  • Received:2021-03-04 Online:2021-06-15 Published:2021-07-08
  • Contact: Wei Lin

Abstract:

Objective

To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) complicated with pulmonary infection.

Methods

Five hundred and twenty patients patients with sTBI treated in Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the First Affiliated Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University from March 2011 to October 2020 were analyzed retrospectively. According to the results of sputum culture and clinical diagnosis, the number of patients with pulmonary infection and infection strains were counted, and focus on the analysis of the dominant strains and their change rules from 2011 to 2020, as well as the impact of mixed infection and single-strain infection for hospital duration.

Results

Among the 520 patients with sTBI, 212 patients (40.8%) had lung infections. The strains consist mainly of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, meth-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The proportion of MRSA and Klebsiella pneumoniae has increased in recent years, and has a tendency to become dominant strains. The patients with pulmonary infection were hospitalized significantly longer than patients without pulmonary infection (Z=-13.127, P<0.001), and the hospital duration with mixed infection was remarkably longer than that with single-strain infection (Z=-6.919, P<0.001).

Conclusion

The strains and changes of pulmonary infections in patients with sTBI in ICU may be closely related to medical environmental health care, in addition, combined pulmonary infections, especially mixed infections, can significantly prolong the length of hospitalization.

Key words: Severe traumatic brain injury, Pulmonary infection, Mixed infection

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