EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SEPSIS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA

Determine the epidemiological aspects of sepsis in patients treated in adult intensive care units in Santa Marta. A descriptive, cross-sectional study in 2014, simple random sampling, in patients seen in adult intensive care units (UCIA) in Santa Marta, a sample of 100 patients older than 18 years diagnosed with sepsis was used variables They studied were age, sex, causal agent, main sources of infection among others. As a result it was found that the average age of cases was 63, the main causative organisms were gram-negative bacteria with 76%, the Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas and Serratia marcensens aureuginosa more isolated, secondly the Gram positive bacteria with 20%, mainly Staphylococcus aureus, fungi and finally with 4% being Candida albicans and Candida haemulonii causing yeast. The most common sources of infection are; abdominal (30%), followed by the urinary tract (22%) and skin and soft tissue (18%). It is concluded that the main causative agents are gram negative sepsis bacteria and the main infectious primary focus is the abdominal sepsis.