The role of potentially preventable hospital exposures in the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a common complication of critical illness, with high mortality and limited treatment options. Preliminary studies suggest that potentially preventable hospital exposures contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome development. We aimed to determine the association between specific hospital exposures and the rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome development among at-risk patients.

Design

Population-based, nested, Matched case-control study.

Patients

Consecutive adults who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome from January 2001 through December 2010 during their hospital stay (cases) were matched to similar-risk patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome (controls). They were matched for 6 ba

SUBMITTER: Ahmed AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3844124 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature