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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2008

01.04.2008 | Pediatric Brief Report

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: is it underrecognized in the pediatric intensive care unit?

verfasst von: Martin C. J. Kneyber, Arno G. A. Brouwers, Jochem A. Caris, Sunita Chedamni, Frans B. Plötz

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 4/2008

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Abstract

Objective

To describe the incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in mechanically ventilated children and to study whether ARDS is underrecognized in this patient population.

Design and setting

Retrospective observational study in a single-center bed pediatric intensive care unit serving two Dutch provinces.

Patients

533 mechanically ventilated children aged 0–16 years, all of whom met the North-American European Consensus Conference criteria for ARDS.

Measurements and results

Chest radiographs were screened for the novel presence of bilateral infiltrates, in patients with bilateral infiltrates the PaO2/FIO2 ratio was calculated on two separate consecutive measurements. If below 200, the patient was classified as having ARDS. Left ventricular dysfunction was ruled out by echocardiography. The incidence was calculated by obtaining the number of children aged 0–16 years in our region. For each patient it was noted whether the patient was currently considered to have ARDS. Forty-one patients (7.7%) met the criteria for ARDS, with an incidence of 2.2 per 100,000 per year. The mortality rate was 20.4%. Thirty patients (73.1%) had primary ARDS, mainly from viral lower respiratory tract disease. Only ten patients (24.4%) currently had ARDS.

Conclusions

The incidence of pediatric ARDS is low compared to that of adult ARDS, and further underestimated as most patients were diagnosed by their underlying diseases.
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Metadaten
Titel
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: is it underrecognized in the pediatric intensive care unit?
verfasst von
Martin C. J. Kneyber
Arno G. A. Brouwers
Jochem A. Caris
Sunita Chedamni
Frans B. Plötz
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2008
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1029-4

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