Microbiological Findings in Mechanically Ventilated Burn Patients, 2007–2022

Data Sheet 1_Epidemiology of microbiological findings in the lower respiratory tract in mechanically ventilated patients with and without inhalation injury.pdf contains results from a retrospective observational study at a tertiary burn center from 2007 to 2022. The study includes 311 mechanically ventilated patients, 168 with inhalation injury, and analyzes the occurrence of potentially pathogenic microorganisms in lower respiratory tract samples and their association with in-hospital mortality. The dataset was authored by Terezie Polackova and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between inhalation injury and lower respiratory tract positivity for pathogens based on patient cohort data.
• Analyzing temporal shifts in pathogen types (gram-positive, gram-negative, fungi) over hospital stay duration.
• Investigating the impact of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing organisms on mortality risk and hospital length of stay.

Strengths

• Includes 311 patient records from a 15-year study period (2007–2022).
• Provides specific mortality statistics, such as mean time to in-hospital death (32 vs 64 days) for patients with and without inhalation injury.
• Focuses on a clinically relevant cohort of mechanically ventilated burn patients with detailed inhalation injury status.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect the specific practices and patient population of a single tertiary burn center.

Provenance

Source

A tertiary burn center.

Collection Method

Retrospective observational study; clinical and microbiological data were extracted from medical records.

Time Range

2007 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 05:51:56; freshness should be verified.