Investigation of the prevalence of community-acquired and hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients referred to Sadri Ibn Sina Hospital in 1401

Abstract

Background: Pneumonia is the sixth cause of death and the most common infectious syndrome associated with death. Most cases of pneumonia are caused by microorganisms. We evaluated the prevalence and epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia in Sadri Ibn Sina Hospital in 1401.

Methods: This cross-sectional-descriptive study was conducted from the beginning to the end of 1401 on the files of patients referred to the Chest Department of Ibn Sina Hospital.

Results: 431 patients were examined for the final analysis.  This research included 228 men and 203 women. The mean age of the subjects was 59 years. Most of the studied patients were from Kabul Province. Among the subjects studied, smoked, patients had a history of alcohol consumption, and patients had a history of hospitalization less than one week

Conclusion: According to studies, hospital-acquired pneumonia is the second most common hospital infection and it happens abundantly in the intensive-care departments..The results of a study in Europe have shown that hospital-acquired pneumonia occurs in 47% of all infections in the intensive care unit. In our study (52.9%) patients had a history of hospitalization less than one week.