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

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 8; p. e0221114
• Main Authors: Chinh, Luong Quoc, Manabe, Toshie, Son, Do Ngoc, Chi, Nguyen Van, Fujikura, Yuji, Binh, Nguyen Gia, Co, Dao Xuan, Tuan, Dang Quoc, Ton, Mai Duy, Dai, Khuong Quoc, Thach, Pham The, Nagase, Hiroyuki, Kudo, Koichiro, Nguyen, Dat Anh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.08.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Avian flu; Biology and Life Sciences; Clinical medicine; Confidence intervals; Critical care; Disease-Free Survival; Engineering and Technology; Epidemiology; Female; Gas exchange; Health care policy; Hospitals; Humans; Intensive care; Laboratories; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Observational studies; Patient outcomes; Patients; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Pneumonia; Prognosis; Regression analysis; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - diagnosis; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - mortality; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - therapy; Respiratory therapy; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Survival; Survival Rate; Ventilators; Vietnam - epidemiology; Vietnam; Mexico; Japan

The clinical epidemiology and disease prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have not yet been fully elucidated in Vietnam. We conducted a retrospective observational study at a national tertiary hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants were adult patients (age ≥18 yea...