Community acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorTurktan, Mediha
dc.contributor.authorAk, Oznur
dc.contributor.authorErdem, Hakan
dc.contributor.authorOzcengiz, Dilek
dc.contributor.authorHargreaves, Sally
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Safak
dc.contributor.authorKarakoc, Emre
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:14:54Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:14:54Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Data on the impact of refugees on Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are lacking in the literature, in particular for community-acquired (CA) infectious diseases, for which they are known to be at higher risk. We did a descriptive, multicenter study to analyze CA infections among refugee patients requiring ICU admission. Methods: Inclusion criteria were adult refugee patients admitted to an ICU due to CA infections. Anonymized data were collected between January 1, 2010 and December 30, 2015 across 10 referral centers. Results: 29.885 patients were admitted to the ICUs in the study period. 37 patients were included the study, the majority were from Syria (n = 31, 83.8%). Mean (SD) age of the patients was 45.92 +/- 20.16 years. The 5-year prevalence rate was 123.8 per 100.000 patients in the ICUs. All patients had at least one comorbid condition. Forty-nine CA infections were diagnosed. The most common CA infection was pneumonia (49%) followed by urinary-tract infections (16.3%). 21 patients (56.7%) hospitalized in the ICU had trauma history. Mortality rate was high at 22 patients (59.5%) with 5 (22.7%) deaths directly attributed to CA infections. Conclusions: Refugees presented to ICUs with CA infections similar to the host populations (pneumonia and urinary-tract infections) but had high mortality rates (59.5%). It seems that Turkish ICUs were not congested with the refugee patients' influx for CA infections. More research needs to be done to better understand how to deliver preventative and timely health care services to this group of patients. (C) 2017 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.022
dc.identifier.endpage114en_US
dc.identifier.issn1201-9712
dc.identifier.issn1878-3511
dc.identifier.pmid28419820
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85017433881
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage111en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.022
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/15497
dc.identifier.volume58en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000402480800019
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectRefugeesen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectSyriaen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-Acquired Infectionsen_US
dc.subjectIntensive-Care Uniten_US
dc.titleCommunity acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkeyen_US
dc.titleCommunity acquired infections among refugees leading to Intensive Care Unit admissions in Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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