Predictors of survival in patients with influenza pneumonia-related severe acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with prone positioning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with influenza complicated with pneumonia are at high risk of rapid progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Prone positioning with longer duration and lung-protective strategies might reduce the mortality level in ARDS. The aim of this study is to investigate the survival predictors of prone positioning in patients with ARDS caused by influenza pneumonia.

Methods

This retrospective study was conducted by eight tertiary referral centers in Taiwan. From January 1 to March 31 in 2016, all of the patients in intensive care units with virology-proven influenza pneumonia were collected, while all of those patients with ARDS and receiving prone positioning were enrolled. Demographic data, laboratory examinations, management records, ventilator

SUBMITTER: Kao KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153196 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature