Income-driven socioeconomic status and presenting illness severity in children with acute respiratory failure.

ABSTRACT: Children living in low socioeconomic communities are vulnerable to poor health outcomes, especially when critically ill. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and illness severity upon pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission in children with acute respiratory failure. This secondary analysis of the multicenter Randomized Evaluation of Sedation Titration for Respiratory Failure clinical trial includes children, 2 weeks to 17 years old, mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure; specifically, subjects who had parental consent for follow-up and residential addresses that could be matched with census tracts (n = 2006). Subjects were categorized into quartiles based on income, with a median income of $54,036 for the ce

SUBMITTER: Kachmar AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8559130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature