Trends And Geographic Variation In Acute Respiratory Failure And Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Researchers undertook this retrospective study to analyze the contemporary trends as well as geographic difference in acute respiratory failure (ARF) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-related mortality in the United States. They evaluated the ARF and ARDS-associated death trends from 2014-2018 as well as the geographic distribution of ARF and ARDS-related mortality in 2018 for all American residents. During the study span, there were 1,434,349 ARF-related deaths and 52,958 ARDS-associated deaths, among both, the age-adjusted mortality rate was reported to be the highest in older people (≥ 65 years), non-Hispanic Blacks, those residing in the non-metropolitan area. The noted rise in rates for ARF mortality was shown to be consistent across the subgroups of age, gender, race/ethnicity, urbanization status, as well as geographical area. Overall, findings demonstrated that ARF-related mortality rose at ∼3.4% yearly, and ARDS-associated mortality exhibited a lack of reduction in the last five years.

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