The impact of dental care intervention on ventilator-associate events: A Quasi-experimental study.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate a multidisciplinary intensive oral health protocol, proposed and applied by a dentist, in an adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in regards to the prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP), compared with retrospective data. METHODS: 4,103 patients admitted to the adult ICU from January 2013 to December 2017 and selected patients who were under mechanical ventilation with an orotracheal tube for at least 48 hours. These patients were compared before (Baseline Group) and after (Intervention Group) the hygiene protocol established and carried out by a multidisciplinary team led by a dentist. The Baseline Group, from January 2013 to May 2015, 213 patients, and the Intervention Group, from June 2015 to December 2017, 137 patients. RESULTS: Forty-five patients (21.12%) in the Baseline Group and 5 patients (3.65%) in the Intervention Group developed VAP (P < .05). Twenty-two patients (10.33%) died due to VAP in the Baseline Group, and 1 patient (0.73%) died due to VAP (P < .05) in the Intervention Group. The mortality rate of  VAP was 48.89% for Baseline Group and 20.00% for Intervention Group (P > .05). CONCLUSIONS: The study showed better outcomes when patients' oral health is led, evaluated and treated by a dentist in the ICU. The dental care intervention contributed to the reduction of VAP episodes and deaths due to VAP.

Intervenção coronária percutânea no Hospital Vera Cruz de Campinas: resultados de cinco anos de experiência / Percutaneous coronary intervention at the Vera Cruz Hospital in Campinas: results of a five-year experience

Introdução: A intervenção coronária percutânea (ICP) tem importante papel no tratamento da doença arterial coronária, em decorrência do desenvolvimento tecnológico e da ampliação de sua utilização nos cenários clínicos de maior complexidade. Apresentamos a experiência de serviço de hemodinâmica que iniciou sua atividade há cinco anos, localizado em hospital em Campinas (SP). Métodos: De 2006 a 2011, 518 pacientes foram submetidos consecutivamente a ICP no Hospital Vera Cruz e incluídos neste estudo. As características clínicas, angiográficas e do procedimento e os resultados clínicos hospitalares foram analisados. Resultados: A média de idade dos pacientes foi de 65,8 ± 12,2 anos, 73,5 eram do sexo masculino, 29,9 eram diabéticos e metade dos procedimentos foi realizada na vigência de síndrome coronária aguda. No total, foram tratadas 890 lesões (74 delas do tipo B2/C), sendo implantado 1,6 stent/paciente, 37,1dos quais farmacológicos. O diâmetro e o comprimento do stent foram, respectivamente, de 3,01 ± 0,53 mm e 23,2 ± 7 mm. O sucesso do procedimento foi de 93,6, óbito ocorreu em 2,9 dos pacientes, acidente vascular cerebral em 0,8, infarto do miocárdio em 3,5, ICP de urgência em 0,8, e trombose de stent em 0,97. Hipertensão arterial [odds ratio (OR) 4,48, intervalo de confiança de 95 (IC 95) 1,32-15,16; P = 0,016] e diabetes (OR 7,24, IC 95 1,69-31,05; P = 0,008) foram preditores independentes de eventos adversos cardíacos e cerebrovasculares maiores (ECCAM) hospitalares. Conclusões: O sucesso do procedimento e a baixa ocorrência de ECCAM demonstram a efetividade e a segurança da ICP no atendimento de pacientes da prática clínica diária tratados em um novo serviço de cardiologia intervencionista, inserido em hospital localizado fora da capital do Estado de São Paulo.

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plays an important role in the treatment of coronary artery disease, as a result of technological development and its wide application in different clinical scenarios of greater complexity. We present data from a cath lab that started its activity five years ago at a private hospital in the city of Campinas (SP). METHODS: From 2006 to 2011, 518 consecutive patients were submitted to PCI at the Vera Cruz Hospital and were included in this study. Clinical, angiographic and procedural characteristics and the in-hospital clinical outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS: Patient average age was 65.8 + 12.2 years, 73.5% were male, 29.9% were diabetics and half of procedures were performed during an acute coronary syndrome. A total of 890 lesions (74% B2/C type) were treated with 1.6 stents/patient, 37.1% of them were drug eluting stents. Stent diameter and length were 3.01 + 0.53 mm and 23.2 + 7 mm, respectively. The procedure success was 93.6%, death occurred in 2.9% of the patients, stroke in 0.8%, myocardial infarction in 3.5%, reintervention in 0.8% and stent thrombosis in 0.97%. Hypertension [odds ratio (OR) 4.48, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.32-15.16; P = 0.016] and diabetes (OR 7.24, 95% CI 1.69-31.05; P = 0.008) were independent predictors of in-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). CONCLUSIONS: The overall procedural success and low incidence of MACCE demonstrated the efficacy and safety of PCI in the daily clinical practice in a new interventional cardiology service, localized in a hospital outside the capital of the state of São Paulo.