Burden of respiratory failure in pediatric patients: Analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort in Bogota, Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The approach to the burden of disease is a demographic, economic, and a health problem, which requires the design and application of specific measures of cost of the disease, such as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), to establish better public health policies in the pediatric population. The aim of this study is to approach the burden of disease in children with acute respiratory failure (ARF) through the calculation of DALYs.

Methods

This study was conducted in the framework of a prospective, multicenter cohort in Bogotá, Colombia. Inclusion criteria were all pediatric patients admitted to the emergency department, hospitalization, and intensive care unit with respiratory distress; eligible patients were all those who developed ARF between April 20

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Corredor L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10651969 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature