Long-Term Pulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Children After Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Feasibility Investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the feasibility of pulmonary function and quality of life evaluations in children after acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Design

A prospective follow-up feasibility study.

Setting

A tertiary PICU.

Patients

Children less than 18 years old with acute respiratory distress syndrome admitted between 2000 and 2005.

Intervention

Pulmonary function testing and patient and parental quality of life surveys approximately 12-month after acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Measurements and main results

One hundred eighty patients met acute respiratory distress syndrome criteria; 37 (20%) died, 90 (51%) declined participation, 28 (16%) consented but did not return, and 24 (13%) returned for follow-up visit. Twenty-three patients comp

SUBMITTER: Ward SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5221949 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature