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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192020000200252</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clínica, epidemiológica y microbiológica de pacientes con sepsis en una unidad de cuidados intensivos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical, epidemiological and microbiological characterization of patients with sepsis in an intensive cares unit]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Paz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yusdelis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Pantoja]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marisleydi]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lemes Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yanet]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quesada Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yoan]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Contramaestre Hospital General Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Orlando Pantoja Tamayo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital Provincial Universitario Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Carlos Manuel de Céspedes ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Granma ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>252</fpage>
<lpage>262</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000200252&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La incidencia, morbilidad y mortalidad de la sepsis la convierten en un importante problema sanitario que requiere la adopción de medidas específicas, a fin de tomar conciencia del problema.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar a los pacientes con sepsis según variables clínicas, epidemiológicas y microbiológicas seleccionadas.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 119 pacientes con sepsis, egresados de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital General Orlando Pantoja Tamayo, del municipio de Contramaestre, desde enero de 2014 hasta julio de 2017. Se aplicó la prueba de Ji al cuadrado de independencia, para identificar asociación estadísticamente significativa entre las variables, con un nivel de significación de &#945;= 0,05.  Resultados:  Prevalecieron las féminas (54,6 %), el grupo etario de 66-80 años de edad para ambos sexos (33,6 %) y la neumonía asociada a la ventilación como la forma de presentación más frecuente de la sepsis (51,6 %), principalmente la producida por Enterobacter sp. (34,4 %).  Conclusiones:  La sepsis se presenta fundamentalmente por infecciones respiratorias producidas por gérmenes gramnegativos en pacientes que requirieren procederes invasivos como parte del tratamiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The incidence, morbidity and mortality of sepsis transforms it into an important health care problem that requires the adoption of specific measures, in order to take conscience of the problem.  Objectives:  To characterize the patients with sepsis according to selected clinical, epidemiological and microbiological variables.  Methods:  A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 119 patients with sepsis, discharged from the Intensive Cares Unit of Orlando Pantoja Tamayo General Hospital, in Contramaestre was carried out, from January, 2014 to July, 2017. The chi-square test was applied, to identify association statistically significant between the variables, with a significance level of &#945; = 0.05.  Results:  There was a prevalence of females (54.6 %), 66-80 years age group for both sexes (33.6 %) and pneumonia associated to ventilation as the most frequent form of presentation of sepsis (51.6 %), mainly the one produced by Enterobacter sp. (34.4 %).  Conclusions:  Sepsis is presented fundamentally by breathing infections produced by gramnegative germs in patients who required invasive procedures as part of the treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Escherichia coli]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sepsis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Escherichia coli]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Intensive Cares Unit]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[infection]]></kwd>
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