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Abstract
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe clinical
syndrome of acute lung injury, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and
severe hyopxia. There are no reports on the magnitude of problem of this
entity and its predisposing causes in the pediatric age group in Egypt. The
present study was undertaken to examine the pattern of ARDS in a
pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Patients and methods
This research follows cohort analytical study design, 20 pediatrics
hypoxic patients needing mechanical ventilation constituted the study
group. The records of the children admitted to PICU from January 2004 to
January 2007 were reviewed.
Results
Based on the results of the present study, the following can be
concluded: 1)The incidence rate of ARDS in the PICU is 13.9 /1000
admissions. 2)The most common cause of ARDS was due to direct lung
injury due to pneumonia. 3) Morality rate was 85%, mostly due to
respiratory failure.
Recommendations.
Based on the results of the present study further studies are
recommended to study the incidence pattern of ARDS in other PICUS in
Egypt.