Open AccessFluid balance and length of mechanical ventilation in children admitted to a single Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Solange Vidal,
Augusto Pérez,
Pablo Eulmesekian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2016.eng.313
Subject(s) - mechanical ventilation , medicine , pediatric intensive care unit , univariate analysis , ventilation (architecture) , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , septic shock , confounding , multivariate analysis , anesthesia , pediatrics , sepsis , mechanical engineering , engineering
Associations between cumulative fluid balance and a prolonged duration of assisted mechanical ventilation have been described in adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether fluid balance in the first 48 hours of assisted mechanical ventilation initiation was associated with a prolonged duration of this process among children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).