Epidemiological and Clinical Profiles of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Admitted to Medical Intensive Care in Qatar: A Retrospective Analysis of the Data Registry for the Year 2015

Qatar Medical Journal
Abdulsalam Saif IbrahimIbrahim Alatoum

Abstract

Background: Although acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common reason for admission to intensive care units, limited information is available about the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of these patients in Middle Eastern countries. Qatar is a high per capita income country with a large multinational expatriate population. Hamad General Hospital is our main tertiary referral center with the largest medical intensive care unit (MICU). Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to extract data from the MICU registry for 101 patients aged >14 years who were admitted with ARDS from January 2015 to December 2015. Results: In 2015, a total of 101 (14.8%) of 682 patients admitted to MICU were diagnosed with ARDS. Males comprised 71.3% and females 28.7%. The mean age of the study population was 44.96 ± 17.97 years. Community-acquired bacterial and viral pneumonia were the most common reasons for ARDS. Crude mortality rate was 35%. The mean age of survivors was 42.09 ± 13.58 years compared with 50.36 ± 16.84 years of non-survivors (p = 0.008). Mortality was associated with increasing age, the Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II severity score, lower P/F ratio, higher Mur...Continue Reading

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