Hospital Incidence and Outcomes of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Using the Kigali Modification of the Berlin Definition

摘要: Rationale: Estimates of the incidence acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in high- and middle-income countries vary from 10.1 to 86.2 per 100,000 person-years general population. The epidemiology ARDS has not been reported for a low-income country at level population, hospital, or intensive care unit (ICU). Berlin definition may allow identification resource-constrained settings.Objectives: To estimate outcomes Rwandan referral hospital using Kigali modification definition: without requirement positive end-expiratory pressure, hypoxia cutoff SpO2/FiO2 less than equal 315, bilateral opacities on lung ultrasound chest radiograph.Methods: We screened every adult patient public Rwanda 6 weeks. For with hypoxia, we collected data demographics risk factors, performed ultrasonography, evaluated radiography whe...