We studied a population of 47 patients who were admitted to Alassad Hospital in
Latakia with Community-Acquired Pneumonia from April 2013 to April 2014 , 21 women
and 26 men, they were followed up every 48 hours over eight days.
Patients were divi
ded into three groups according to clinical stability criteria, and we
studied the changes in CRP values at each group of patients separately and found the
following:
RapidResponse 25.5%: the value of CRP decreased on the fourth day by 48.1%
SlowResponse 38.3%: the value of CRP in the fourth day decreased by 14.1% but fell on
the sixth day by 35.7%TreatmentFailure 36.2% : the value of CRP have not fallen on the
fourth day, but became 103%. on the sixth day decreased slightly by 5.9%, on the eighth
day fell by 39%.
Conclusion: CRP changes Coincided with the patients' response to treatment well so
they can be relied upon (In addition to the other stability criteria but not alone) in
determining the type of response and thus making a decision about the treatment plan.
Pneumonia kills annually about 2 millions of children aged less than 5
years to be the main cause of death at this age group. Pneumonia is treated by antibiotics,
oxygen and techniques for releasing secretions as Chest Physical Therapy (CPT). For
children, CPT includes essentially postural drainage, percussion and vibration.
This study aimed to study effect of chest physical therapy on respiratory
status among children with pneumonia.
Endo-tracheal tube –associated pneumonia (ETTP) or ventilator associated
pneumonia is the most dangerous complication in the intensive care units especially the surgical one (1).
The objective of this study is to evaluate the incidence of (ETTP) in
the emergent surgical intensive care
and its relationship to the duration of mechanical ventilation and try to define if is it linear or not .
It is important to begin our special studies in surgical intensive care units because we expect different
incidence and mortality compared with international rates.
