Semi-recumbent body position fails to prevent healthcare-associated pneumonia in Vietnamese patients with severe tetanus. Loan H.T., Parry J., Nga N.T., Yen L.M., Binh N.T., Thuy T.T., Duong N.M., Campbell J.I., Thwaites L., Farrar J.J., & Parry C.M. 2012.
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Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a common complication in patients with severe tetanus. Nursing tetanus patients in a semi-recumbent body position could reduce the incidence of HCAP. In a randomised controlled trial we compared the occurrence of HCAP in patients with severe tetanus nursed in a semi-recumbent (30degree) or supine position. A total of 229 adults and children (aged \textgreater1 year) with severe tetanus admitted to hospital in Vietnam, were randomly assigned to a supine (n=112) or semi-recumbent (n=117) position. For patients maintaining their assigned positions and in hospital for\textgreater48h there was no significant difference between the two groups in the frequency of clinically suspected pneumonia [22/106 (20.8%) vs 26/104 (25.0%); p=0.464], pneumonia rate/1000 intensive care unit days (13.9 vs 14.6; p=0.48) and pneumonia rate/1000 ventilated days (39.2 vs 38.1; p=0.72). Mortality in the supine patients was 11/112 (9.8%) compared with 17/117 (14.5%) in the semi-recumbent patients (p=0.277). The overall complication rate [57/112 (50.9%) vs 76/117 (65.0%); p=0.03] and need for tracheostomy [51/112 (45.5%) vs 69/117 (58.9%); p=0.04) was greater in semi-recumbent patients. Semi-recumbent body positioning did not prevent the occurrence of HCAP in severe tetanus patients. Copyright © 2011 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
@misc{loan_h.t._semi-recumbent_2012,
	title = {Semi-recumbent body position fails to prevent healthcare-associated pneumonia in {Vietnamese} patients with severe tetanus},
	abstract = {Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a common complication in patients with severe tetanus. Nursing tetanus patients in a semi-recumbent body position could reduce the incidence of HCAP. In a randomised controlled trial we compared the occurrence of HCAP in patients with severe tetanus nursed in a semi-recumbent (30degree) or supine position. A total of 229 adults and children (aged {\textgreater}1 year) with severe tetanus admitted to hospital in Vietnam, were randomly assigned to a supine (n=112) or semi-recumbent (n=117) position. For patients maintaining their assigned positions and in hospital for{\textgreater}48h there was no significant difference between the two groups in the frequency of clinically suspected pneumonia [22/106 (20.8\%) vs 26/104 (25.0\%); p=0.464], pneumonia rate/1000 intensive care unit days (13.9 vs 14.6; p=0.48) and pneumonia rate/1000 ventilated days (39.2 vs 38.1; p=0.72). Mortality in the supine patients was 11/112 (9.8\%) compared with 17/117 (14.5\%) in the semi-recumbent patients (p=0.277). The overall complication rate [57/112 (50.9\%) vs 76/117 (65.0\%); p=0.03] and need for tracheostomy [51/112 (45.5\%) vs 69/117 (58.9\%); p=0.04) was greater in semi-recumbent patients. Semi-recumbent body positioning did not prevent the occurrence of HCAP in severe tetanus patients. Copyright © 2011 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	journal = {Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
	author = {{Loan H.T.} and {Parry J.} and {Nga N.T.} and {Yen L.M.} and {Binh N.T.} and {Thuy T.T.} and {Duong N.M.} and {Campbell J.I.} and {Thwaites L.} and {Farrar J.J.} and {Parry C.M.}},
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {*patient positioning, Child, Viet Nam, adolescent, adult, aged, artificial ventilation, comparative study, complication, controlled study, cross infection/ep [Epidemiology], cross infection/pc [Prevention], female, human, incidence, infant, intensive care unit, male, microbiology, middle aged, pneumonia/ep [Epidemiology], pneumonia/et [Etiology], pneumonia/pc [Prevention], preschool child, randomized controlled trial, tetanus, tracheostomy, treatment failure, young adult}
}

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