Prediction model for in-hospital mortality in patients at high altitudes with ARDS due to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) includes the ratio of pressure arterial oxygen and inspired oxygen fraction (P/F) ≤ 300, which is often adjusted in locations more than 1,000 meters above sea level (masl) due to hypobaric hypoxemia. The main objective of this study was to develop a prediction model for in-hospital mortality among patients with ARDS due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (C-ARDS) at 2,600 masl with easily available variables at patient admission and to compare its discrimination capacity with a second model using the P/F adjusted for this high altitude.

Methods

This study was an analysis of data from patients with C-ARDS treated between March 2020 and July 2021 in a university hospital located in the city of Bogotá,

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez Lima DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10602283 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature