Abstract:

The aim is to investigate the causes of sepsis, the pathogens that cause sepsis and the mortality rates of patients. Tools and Methods: Our work was done in the YBU between the dates 2012-2016. The records and files in the hospital information system were analyzed backwardly. Results: During the study period, 139 Syrian patients were deposited in the YBU. The most common diagnoses of infection were respiratory infections (29 patients: 20.9%) and trauma (26 patients: 18.7%. 35 patients were diagnosed with sepsis during intensive care treatments. In 17 of the cultures of patients diagnosed with sepsis, Acinetobacter baumannii and Escherichia coli were reproduced in 12. A. baumannii was the most common in the trakea cultures, E. coli was the most common in the urine cultures. Seven patients were also diagnosed with sepsis at the first time they were hospitalized. 2 of these patients were diagnosed with H1N1, 3 with Streptococcus pneumoniae, 1 with Haemophilus influenzae, 1 with Staphylococcus aureus and aspergilloma. Of the 139 patients in the YBU, 45 died, while 28 of the 35 patients diagnosed with sepsis died. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Assessment II scores, mechanical ventilation time, YBU stay time were higher than surviving patients in the dead (p<0,001, p<0,001, p<0,001). The result: The most common cause of HIV and sepsis in Syrian patients was respiratory infections. In these patients, sepsis was an important factor for mortality.

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