A combination of oxygenation and driving pressure can provide valuable information in predicting the risk of mortality in ARDS patients

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 12; p. e0295261
• Main Authors: Yu, Yu-Yi, Ou, Wei-Fan, Wu, Jia-Jun, Hsu, Han-Shui, Wu, Chieh-Laing, Yang, Kuang-Yao, Chan, Ming-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.12.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Adult; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Cohort analysis; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Criteria; Dementia; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Engineering and Technology; Evaluation; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Humans; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units; Lung; Mechanical ventilation; Medical records; Medicine and Health Sciences; Morbidity; Mortality; Mortality risk; Observational studies; Oxygenation; Patients; Physical Sciences; Pneumonia; Public health; Regression models; Respiration; Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Respiratory failure; Risk Factors; Sepsis; Taiwan; Ventilation; Ventilators; Taiwan; United States > US

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common life-threatening condition in critically ill patients. Itis also an important public health issue because it can cause substantial mortality and health care burden worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate therisk factors that im...