Infectious acute respiratory failure in patients under 5 years of age: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute lower respiratory infections in children under 5 years present a real challenge for diagnosis and treatment and are the first cause of mortality for this group of age. The study aimed to describe the characteristics of infectious acute respiratory failure due to bronchiolitis, pulmonary infection or severe acute asthma related to a virus or bacteria in this population of children under 5 years old at admission to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), PICU management and outcomes in order to better identify the needs of these patients. Our secondary aim was to compare the characteristics and PICU management of this population (1) depending on their age (less or more than 6 months old) and (2) depending on the pulmonary imaging (absence or presence of an alveola

SUBMITTER: Rifai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11425944 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature