Publications by authors named "Solweig Gerbier-Colomban"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on understanding the prevalence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms (MDROs) in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) among 536 adults with limited risk factors for these infections.
- Results showed a notable decline in the occurrence of MDROs in VAP cases from 2003 to 2016.
- However, the study noted that the percentage of MDROs increased significantly for VAP cases that developed after the 10th day of ventilation.
Introduction: A new respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2, has emerged and spread worldwide since late 2019. This study aims at analysing clinical presentation on admission and the determinants associated with admission in intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Patients And Methods: In this prospective hospital-based study, socio-demographic, clinical and biological characteristics, on admission, of adult COVID-19 hospitalized patients presenting from the community for their first admission were prospectively collected and analysed.
Objectives: The objective of the study was to estimate the length of stay of patients with hospital-acquired infections hospitalized in ICUs using a multistate model.
Design: Active prospective surveillance of hospital-acquired infection from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2012.
Setting: Twelve ICUs at the University of Lyon hospital (France).
OBJECTIVES We aimed to ascertain the factors associated with lack of isolation precautions (IP) in patients infected or colonized by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (3GCR-E) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospital settings. DESIGN Prospective surveillance and audit of practices. SETTING The study included 4 university hospitals in Lyon, France.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with increased length of stay (LOS). The objective of this study was to graphically describe by heat mapping LOS of patients hospitalized in ICUs related to the occurrence of HAI and severity at admission measured by the Simplified Acute Physiological Score II (SAPSII).
Methods: Adult patients hospitalized in ICUs of Lyon University Hospitals (France) were included in an active standardized surveillance study of HAI from January 1, 1995-December 31, 2012.
Article Synopsis
- - A study in Lyon, France, from 2003 to 2011 examined ICU patients who were exposed to multiple invasive devices but did not acquire hospital infections (HAIs) before discharge.
- - Out of 982 patients identified as "multiexposed," 154 (about 15.7%) remained free of infection.
- - The study found differences in the length of device exposures and mortality rates between infected and non-infected multiexposed patients.
Background: Early knowledge of influenza outbreaks in the community allows local hospital healthcare workers to recognise the clinical signs of influenza in hospitalised patients and to apply effective precautions. The objective was to assess intra-hospital surveillance systems to detect earlier than regional surveillance systems influenza outbreaks in the community.
Methods: Time series obtained from computerized medical data from patients who visited a French hospital emergency department (ED) between June 1st, 2007 and March 31st, 2011 for influenza, or were hospitalised for influenza or a respiratory syndrome after an ED visit, were compared to different regional series.
Background: The objective of this study was to ascertain the performance of syndromic algorithms for the early detection of patients in healthcare facilities who have potentially transmissible infectious diseases, using computerised emergency department (ED) data.
Methods: A retrospective cohort in an 810-bed University of Lyon hospital in France was analysed. Adults who were admitted to the ED and hospitalised between June 1, 2007, and March 31, 2010 were included (N=10895).
Objective: To evaluate different strategies for detecting surgical site infections (SSIs) using different sources (notification by the surgeon, bacteriological results, antibiotic prescription, and discharge diagnosis codes).
Background: Surveillance plays a role in reducing the risks of SSIs but the performance of case reports by surgeons is insufficient. Indirect methods of SSI detection are an alternative to increase the quality of surveillance.