Readmission Rates After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An increasing number of children survive after acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The long-term morbidity affecting these survivors, including the burden of hospital readmission and key factors associated with readmission, is unknown.

Objective

To determine 1-year readmission rates among survivors of pediatric ARDS and to investigate the associations of 3 key index hospitalization factors (presence or development of a complex chronic condition, receipt of a tracheostomy, and hospital length of stay [LOS]) with readmission.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from the commercial or Medicaid IBM MarketScan databases between 2013 and 2017, with follow-up data through 2018. Participants included hospitalized chil

SUBMITTER: Keim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10492185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature