The incidence, characteristics and in‐hospital mortality of non‐ventilator‐associated hospital‐acquired pneumonia in regional Queensland: A retrospective descriptive study
Abstract:Objective:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, characteristics and in-hospital mortality of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) in a regional (Modified Monash Model 2) Australian hospital.Methods: All cases with NV-HAP were obtained from the Business Analysis and Decision Support (BADS) Unit between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2018. Medical records were reviewed, and data pertaining to incidence, characteristics (age and gender), length of stay, co-morbidities… Show more
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