One-year mortality and predictors of death among hospital survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Advances in supportive care and ventilator management for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have resulted in declines in short-term mortality, but risks of death after survival to hospital discharge have not been well described. Our objective was to quantify the difference between short-term and long-term mortality in ARDS and to identify risk factors for death and causes of death at 1 year among hospital survivors.

Methods

This multi-intensive care unit, prospective cohort included patients with ARDS enrolled between January 2006 and February 2010. We determined the clinical characteristics associated with in-hospital and 1-year mortality among hospital survivors and utilized death certificate data to identify causes of death.

Results

Of 646 patients

SUBMITTER: Wang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3943651 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature