Figure 1. Pie chart showing distribution of type of respiratory failure.
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Original Article
Volume 3, Number 2, June 2014, pages 46-50
Clinical Profile and Outcome of Acute Respiratory Failure in Children: A Prospective Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital
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Tables
| Primary system involved/underlying disease | Number of cases |
|---|---|
| Respiratory system | |
| Bronchopneumonia | 49 |
| Asthma | 5 |
| Bronchiolitis | 3 |
| Aspiration pneumonia | 5 |
| Aspiration of foreign body | 1 |
| Pneumothorax | 1 |
| SLE with lupus lung | 2 |
| Laryngotracheobronchitis | 3 |
| Pleural effusion | 1 |
| Thalassemia major with lobar pneumonia | 1 |
| Acute pancreatitis with lobar pneumonia | 1 |
| Cardiovascular system | |
| Myocarditis with pulmonary edema | 2 |
| FTT with anemia with CCF | 1 |
| VSD with pulmonary edema | 2 |
| Central nervous system | |
| Viral hepatitis with encephalopathy | 4 |
| DKA with cerebral edema | 4 |
| Meningitis | 2 |
| Encephalitis | 3 |
| Cerebral malaria | 2 |
| Guillain-barre syndrome | 1 |
| Head injury | 2 |
| Status epilepticus | 8 |
| Acute diarrhoeal disease with Severe dehydration with meningitis | 1 |
| Others | |
| Sepsis | 11 |
| Feature | Outcome* | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | Survived | % | Died | % | ||
| *Outcome is excluding LAMA patients. | ||||||
| Age | 0.10 | |||||
| 1 month - 1 year | 65 | 50 | 76.92 | 6 | 9.23 | |
| 1 year - 5 years | 23 | 16 | 69.57 | 1 | 4.35 | |
| 5 years - 10 years | 16 | 11 | 68.75 | 4 | 25.00 | |
| > 10 years | 11 | 08 | 72.73 | 3 | 27.27 | |
| Nutritional status | 0.05 | |||||
| Normal | 73 | 70 | 95.89 | 1 | 1.37 | |
| Grade I PEM | 06 | 04 | 66.67 | 1 | 16.67 | |
| Grade II PEM | 07 | 03 | 42.86 | 1 | 14.29 | |
| Grade III PEM | 10 | 03 | 30.00 | 3 | 30.00 | |
| Grade IV PEM | 19 | 05 | 26.32 | 8 | 42.11 | |
| Type of respiratory failure | 0.10 | |||||
| Type 1 | 86 | 63 | 73.26 | 12 | 13.95 | |
| Type 2 | 20 | 15 | 75.00 | 01 | 05.00 | |
| Type 3 | 9 | 07 | 77.78 | 01 | 11.11 | |
| Duration of ventilation | 0.05 | |||||
| No ventilation | 76 | 68 | 89.47 | 2 | 2.63 | |
| 1 - 24 h | 7 | 0 | 00 | 6 | 85.77 | |
| 24 - 72 h | 15 | 07 | 46.67 | 3 | 20.00 | |
| > 72 h | 17 | 10 | 58.82 | 3 | 17.65 | |
| Inotropes | 0.01 | |||||
| Yes | 32 | 15 | 46.88 | 9 | 28.13 | |
| No | 83 | 70 | 84.33 | 5 | 06.02 | |