Volume : 5, Issue : 10, October - 2016

Pneumothorax among patients admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit- A Retrospective study.

Dr M. J. Khan, Dr Milind Suryawanshi, Dr. Pranay Gandhi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Aims: The objective of the study was to evaluate cases developing pneumothorax following admission to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) over a 5-year period. Settings and Design: Case notes of all PICU patients (n = 1298) were reviewed, revealing that 135 cases (10.4%) developed pneumothorax. Results: Patients with pneumothorax had higher mortality rate (P &lt; 0.001), longer length of stay (P &lt; 0.001), higher need for mechanical ventilation (MV) (P &lt; 0.001), and were of younger age (P &lt; 0.001), lower body weight (P &lt; 0.001), higher pediatric index of mortality 2 score on admission (P &lt; 0.001), higher pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score (P &lt; 0.001) Conclusions: This study demonstrated that pneumothorax is common in PICU patients</p>