Outcome and prognostic factors of interstitial lung disease patients with acute respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few studies reporting the clinical characteristics and outcomes of interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). The goal of this study is to investigate the clinical features, management, mortality, and associated factors in ILD patients with ARF requiring mechanical ventilation (MV).

Methods

This was a retrospective, observational study conducted in a 24-bed intensive care unit (ICU) of a medical center in Taiwan during a 3-year period. Patients admitted to the ICU with a diagnosis of ILD with ARF needing MV were included for analysis. Patient characteristics, including demographics, critical-illness factors, and outcome data, were collected and analyzed.

Results

A total of 82 patients with ILD who developed ARF

SUBMITTER: Lain WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7278097 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature