Acute respiratory distress syndrome in pediatric practice, diagnosis, and intensive care: A review

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome is one of the main causes of life-threatening complications and deaths in pediatric intensive care units. This study aimed to analyze the current features of epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in children aged >1 months according to the literature. The analysis included 100 publications extracted from eLibrary and PubMed abstract databases. The search was performed using the following keywords: acute respiratory distress syndrome, epidemiology, pediatric, outcome, and control mechanical ventilation. After the initial study of abstracts, 64 articles containing previously published information were excluded from the review. The recommendations of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference, which were published in April 2023, were taken as the main source. The review presents current definitions, risk factors, and criteria for the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome in pediatric practice, discusses in detail the features of invasive ventilation and adjuvant therapy, and pays special attention to infusion and transfusion therapy, nutrition, and sedation. One of the sections is devoted to monitoring the patient’s condition, assessing the effectiveness of gas exchange and hemodynamics, and emphasizing the importance of a dynamic assessment of delirium in patients and the readiness for extubation. The recommendations of Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference-2 for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in children make it possible to more accurately stratify the severity of the pathological process, identify patients at risk with a high probability of developing this syndrome, and begin timely protective respiratory support to restore lung parenchyma and optimize oxygen delivery and consumption.

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Yurii S. Aleksandrovich

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: Jalex1963@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2131-4813
SPIN-code: 2225-1630

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Konstantin V. Pshenisnov

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: Psh_K@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1113-5296
SPIN-code: 8423-4294

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Viktoriya I. Kolodyazhnaya

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Email: vi.kolodyazhnaya@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2451-1214
SPIN-code: 7176-8584
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

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