Morbidity and Mortality Among Critically Injured Children With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate morbidity and mortality among critically injured children with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Four-hundred sixty Level I/II adult or pediatric trauma centers contributing to the National Trauma Data Bank.

Patients

One hundred forty-six thousand fifty-eight patients less than 18 years old admitted to an ICU with traumatic injury from 2007 to 2016.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

We assessed in-hospital mortality and need for postdischarge care among patients with and without acute respiratory distress syndrome and hospital resource utilization and discharge disposition among survivors. Analyses were adjusted for underlying mortality risk (age, Injury Severity

SUBMITTER: Killien EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6336518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature