Trends in the incidence of noncardiogenic acute respiratory failure: the role of race.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We sought to examine trends in the race-specific incidence of acute respiratory failure in the United States.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

We used the National Hospital Discharge Survey database (1992-2007), an annual survey of approximately 500 hospitals weighted to provide national hospitalization estimates.

Patients

All incident cases of noncardiogenic acute respiratory failure hospitalized in the United States.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

We identified noncardiogenic acute respiratory failure by the presence of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes for respiratory failure or pulmonary edema (518.4, 518.5, 518.81, and 518.82) and mechanical ventilation (96.7×), excluding co

SUBMITTER: Cooke CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3329645 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature