The effect of demographics and patient location on the outcome of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

CONCLUSION: Older patients and races other than blacks and whites have higher mortality associated with ARDS. Mortality is affected by patients preadmission location. There are no differences in outcome in relation to the type of ICU, gender, or between blacks and whites.

Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - January 5, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Haitham El-Haddad Hyejeong Jang Wei Chen Samran Haider Ayman O Soubani Source Type: research