10.17863/CAM.11203
Summers, Charlotte
0000-0002-7269-2873
Singh, Nanak R
Worpole, Linda
Simmonds, Rosalind
Babar, Judith
Condliffe, Alison M
Gunning, Kevin E
Johnston, Andrew J
Chilvers, Edwin
0000-0002-4230-9677
Incidence and recognition of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a UK intensive care unit
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2016
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (staging)
2016-10-13
Article
0040-6376
1468-3296
Attribution 4.0 International
Attribution 4.0 International
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The reported incidence of ARDS is highly variable (2.5%–19% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients) and varies depending on study patient population used. We undertook a 6-month, prospective study to determine the incidence and outcome of ARDS in a UK adult University Hospital ICU. 344 patients were admitted during the study period, of these 43 (12.5%) were determined to have ARDS. Patients with ARDS had increased mortality at 28 days and 2 years post-diagnosis, and there was under-recognition of ARDS in both medical records and death certificattion. Our findings have implications for critical care resource planning.
This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from BMJ Thorax via ://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208402