CLINICO-ETIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU) IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN BHUBANESWAR.

Abstract

Objective:-To study the clinical profile of the patients of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in terms of etiology and clinical course & to evaluate the outcome of the patients with ARDS in term of mortality. :- Study design Prospective observational study. Study was conducted in PICU of HI-Tech medical college, Bhubaneswar. Study group:- All children aged between 3months to 12yrs admitted in PICU from 1st sep 2020 to 31 august 2022,with a diagnosis of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome as per pediatric acute lung injury consensus conference definition (PLICC). - Out of 130 patients having acute respiratory distress syndrome, 64.6% Measurements & main results: expired in PICU during stay & 35.3% were discharged. Out of admitted 60% were male & 40 % were female. Most common primary etiology was Pneumonia followed by sepsis, other causes may be drowning, trauma, burns, transfusion related acute lung injury. Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome contributes to a significa Conclusion:- nt burden in the PICU of developing country and is associated with significant high mortality. Infection remains the most common etiology.