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EVALUTION OF GERIATRIC INFECTIONS IN PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER

PALYATİF BAKIM MERKEZİNDE GERİATRİK ENFEKSİYONLARIN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

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507–514
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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While wound culturegrowth was less common in cancer patients, it was significantly more common in patientswith Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and pressure ulcer (p

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Palliative care aims to improve quality of care by providing symptom controlamong geriatric patients; therefore, infection control is of utmost importance as complicationsincrease symptom burden, thus decreasing quality of life.Materials and Method: Medical records of patients aged ≥65 years hospitalized at thepalliative care center were retrospectively reviewed.
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Key Findings & Data:Data on age, sex, diagnosis, comorbidities,length of stay, discharge status and cultures were collected.Results: Mean age of 305 patients was 80.4±7.1 years and length of stay was 31.1±38.1days.
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Conclusion & Impact:While wound culturegrowth was less common in cancer patients, it was significantly more common in patientswith Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and pressure ulcer (p
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Introduction: Palliative care aims to improve quality of care by providing symptom controlamong geriatric patients; therefore, infection control is of utmost importance as complicationsincrease symptom burden, thus decreasing quality of life.Materials and Method: Medical records of patients aged ≥65 years hospitalized at thepalliative care center were retrospectively reviewed. Data on age, sex, diagnosis, comorbidities,length of stay, discharge status and cultures were collected.Results: Mean age of 305 patients was 80.4±7.1 years and length of stay was 31.1±38.1days. In total, 131 patients died, whereas 74 were referred to the intensive care unit, and100 were discharged home. Main comorbidities included cerebrovascular diseases (37.4%),cancer (31.8%), hypertension (40%) and diabetes mellitus (21.3%) in patients who haddementia and Parkinson’s disease. The highest growth was observed in urinary culture (67.9%),followed by blood, wound with the least growth in the tracheal aspirate (8.2%). E.coli wasmost commonly isolated in urinary, wound and tracheal aspirate culture, whereas MethicillinResistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococ was more in blood culture. While wound culturegrowth was less common in cancer patients, it was significantly more common in patientswith Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and pressure ulcer (p

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Giriş: Palyatif Bakımın amacı semptom kontrolünün sağlanarak hastaların yaşam kalitesinin artırılmasıdır. Geriatrik hastalar en fazla palyatif bakım ihtiyacı olan hasta grubu olması nedeniyle semptom yükünü artırarak yaşam kalitelerinin azalmasına yol açan enfeksiyonların kontrolü daha önemli hale gelmektedir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Palyatif bakım merkezinde yatan 65 yaş ve üstü hastaların yaşı, cinsiyeti, tanıları ile eşlik eden komorbiditeleri ve kültürleri retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Toplam 305 hastanın yaş ortalaması 80.37±7.1 yıl, yatış süreleri 31.11±38.07 gün idi. 131 hastanın exutus olduğu 74 hastanın yoğun bakım ünitesine çıktığı 100 hastanın da eve taburcu edildiği gözlendi. Başta serebro vasküler hastalık (%37.37) olmak üzere, sırasıyla kanser, demans ve parkinson tanısı olan hastaların %40 da hipertansiyon %21.31 de diyabet eşlik ettiği tespit edildi. En fazla üreme idrar kültüründe (%67.86) olup sırasıyla kan, yara ve en azda trakeal aspirat (%8.19) üremesi gözlendi. İdrar, yara ve trakeal aspirat kültüründe en fazla oranda E.coli izole edilirken, kan kültüründe Methicillin-Dirençli Koagulaz Negative Staphylococ daha fazla idi. Kanser hastalarında yara kültür üremesi daha düşük, parkinson, diyabet ve bası ülseri olan hastalarda yara kültürlerinde üreme oranı istatiksel olarak anlamlı derecede yüksek (p

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AKDOĞAN, D., KAHVECİ, K. (2022). EVALUTION OF GERIATRIC INFECTIONS IN PALLIATIVE CARE CENTER. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 21 - Sayı: 4, 507–514. https://ajindex.com/articles/623667

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