Geographical and racial and/or ethnic disparities in pediatric ARDS mortality in the USA, 2016-2022: a triennial national database retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in pediatric critical care outcomes are recognized, but national data describing Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) prevalence, mortality and temporal trends are limited. We described prevalence, and regional and racial/ethnic mortality disparities for algorithm-defined ARDS, a surrogate for PARDS in US children from 2016 to 2022.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using the 2016, 2019, and 2022 Kids' Inpatient Database (KID). Algorithm-defined ARDS was identified with an ICD-10 approach requiring acute respiratory failure from pulmonary, sepsis, or shock etiologies requiring invasive mechanical ventilation ≥24 h. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Exposures were US region and Race/Ethnicity, modeled indivi

SUBMITTER: Keim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12803950 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature