Clinical epidemiology and mortality on patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical epidemiology and disease prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have not yet been fully elucidated in Vietnam.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study at a national tertiary hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants were adult patients (age ≥18 years) who were admitted and diagnosed with ARDS during 2015-2017. Data on patients' general and clinical conditions, radiographic findings, ventilator settings, gas exchange, and treatment methods were collected and compared between survivors and non-survivors. Risk factors for mortality were assessed using logistic regression analysis.

Results

Among 126 eligible patients with ARDS admitted to the central tertiary hospital in Vietnam, we observed high morta

SUBMITTER: Chinh LQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695190 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature