Clinical Course of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome at Moderate Altitude.

María A Chacón, Alejandra Calderon, Jaime Fernández-Sarmiento, Blanca Rios

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Chronic hypoxia adaptation at high altitude: a perspective on Its potential role in mortality in viral pneumonia-associated ARDS and implications for personalized critical care.Critical care (London, England) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

María A ChacónPediatric Critical Care, Universidad de La Sabana, Bogotá, COL.

Alejandra CalderonPediatric Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Bogotá, COL.

Jaime Fernández-SarmientoPediatric Critical Care, Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología, Bogotá, COL.

Blanca RiosPediatric Critical Care, Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología, Bogotá, COL.

Universidad de La Sabana · COInstitute of Cardiology · COInstituto Nacional de Cancerología · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background This is a retrospective case series, and the main objective is to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, and outcomes of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients at moderate altitude. Methods Children from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Fundación Cardioinfantil, hospitalized with acute respiratory distress syndrome, were prospectively enrolled from March 2009 to March 2014. We evaluated the demographic data, mechanical ventilation, gas exchange, hemodynamics, and multiorgan dysfunction. Results During the study period, 88 patients met the inclusion criteria. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia were the most common causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The overall mortality rate was 19.5%. At the beginning of the study, the average relation between blood pressure and the fraction of inspired oxygen (Pa/Fi) was 130.3 ± 52.2; tidal volume was 7.94 ± 1.7 ml/kg, the plateau pressure 25.3 ± 5.09 cmH

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acute respiratory distress syndromechildrenmoderate altitudeprotective ventilation

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PMID33133821

DOI10.7759/cureus.10651

PMCPMC7586349

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