Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome at the intensive care unit of a general university hospital in Brazil

Abstract

(1) The frequency of ALI was 3.8%, of which the frequency of ARDS was 2.3% and of ALI/non-ARDS 1.5%; (2) The ICU and hospital mortality of ALI patients was 44.0% and 48.0%, respectively; mortality rates of ARDS and ALI/non-ARDS did not differ significantly; (3) Renal and hematological dysfunction were associated with mortality in ALI patients.

Clinical practice guideline: Red blood cell transfusion in adult trauma and critical care*

“…Additional studies have confirmed that RBC transfusion is an independent risk factor for ALI and ARDS (161)(162)(163)(164).…”

Evolution of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome mortality in an ICU in Southern Brazil

“…These results were compared with a previous cohort of 1,301 patients admitted to the same ICU between April 1999 and April 2000 [1]. In both studies all patients were evaluated regarding the presence/development of ALI/ARDS according to the 1994 American–European Consensus Conference.…”

“…Our objectives were to compare the ALI/ARDS mortality rates and the ALI mortality risk factors between two cohort studies of the same ICU in different periods of time: 1999/2000 (2000 cohort [1]) and 2004/2007 (2007 cohort).…”

Estudo da incidência de lesão pulmonar aguda e síndrome do desconforto respiratório agudo nas unidades de terapia intensiva da região da Grande Vitória no Espírito Santo

“…Como existem poucos estudos epidemiológicos publicados a respeito da LPA e SDRA no Brasil (60) , realizamos este estudo de coorte prospectivo para determinar a incidência acumulada anual, descrever os fatores de risco, variáveis clínicas e fisiológicas e analisar a sobrevida dentro da nossa realidade, nos pacientes admitidos nas UTIs da região da Grande Vitória, no Espírito Santo (ES).…”