Care Utilization for Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Requiring Invasive Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Children who use invasive long-term mechanical ventilation (LTMV) are a rare, clinically heterogenous population with relatively high hospitalization rates, most commonly for acute respiratory infection (ARI). We sought to describe patterns of ARI-related utilization and mortality in pediatric patients with LTMV, evaluating the association of a pre-existing neurologic diagnoses with outcomes.

Methods

We studied a longitudinal retrospective cohort across 40 U.S. children's hospital emergency department (ED) and hospital encounters for patients (< 21 years) with LTMV and an ARI diagnosis code (10/1/2016-6/30/2023). We examined mortality and ED/hospital utilization outcomes, defining short-stay hospitalizations as ≤ 2 calendar days. We stratified analyses by high i

SUBMITTER: Foster CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881213 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature