TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of the Berlin definition for acute respiratory distress syndrome during infancy and early childhood
T2 - multicenter evaluation and expert consensus
AU - De Luca, Daniele
AU - Piastra, Marco
AU - Chidini, Giovanna
AU - Tissieres, Pierre
AU - Calderini, Edoardo
AU - Essouri, Sandrine
AU - Medina Villanueva, Alberto
AU - Vivanco Allende, Ana
AU - Pons-Odena, Marti
AU - Perez-Baena, Luis
AU - Hermon, Michael
AU - Tridente, Ascanio
AU - Conti, Giorgio
AU - Antonelli, Massimo
AU - Kneyber, Martin
AU - Resp Sec European Soc Pediatric Ne
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - A new acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) definition has been recently issued: the so-called Berlin definition (BD) has some characteristics that could make it suitable for pediatrics. The European Society for Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) Respiratory Section started a project to evaluate BD validity in early childhood. A secondary aim was reaching a consensus on clinical tools (risk factors list and illustrative radiographs) to help the application of BD.This was an international, multicenter, retrospective study enrolling 221 children [aged greater than 30 days and less than 18 months; median age 6 (range 2-13) months], admitted to seven European pediatric intensive care units (PICU) with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS diagnosed with the earlier definition.Patients were categorized according to the two definitions, as follows: ALI, 36; ARDS, 185 (for the American-European Consensus Conference (AECC) definition); mild, 36; moderate, 97; severe ARDS, 88 (for BD). Mortality (13.9 % for mild ARDS; 11.3 % for moderate ARDS; 25 % for severe ARDS, p = 0.04) and the composite outcome extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)/mortality (13.9 % for mild ARDS; 11.3 % for moderate ARDS; 28.4 % for severe ARDS, p <0.01) were different across the BD classes, whereas they were similar using the previous definition. Mortality [HR 2.7 (95 % CI 1.1-7.1)] and ECMO/mortality [HR 3 (95 % CI 1.1-7.9)] were increased only for the severe ARDS class and remained significant after adjustment for confounding factors. PICU stay was not different across severity classes, irrespective of the definition used. There was significant concordance between raters evaluating radiographs [ICC 0.6 (95 % CI 0.2-0.8)] and risk factors [ICC 0.92 (95 % CI 0.8-0.97)].BD validity for children is similar to that already reported in adults and mainly due to the introduction of a "severe ARDS" category. We provided clinical tools to use BD for clinical practice, research, and health services planning in pediatric critical care.
AB - A new acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) definition has been recently issued: the so-called Berlin definition (BD) has some characteristics that could make it suitable for pediatrics. The European Society for Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) Respiratory Section started a project to evaluate BD validity in early childhood. A secondary aim was reaching a consensus on clinical tools (risk factors list and illustrative radiographs) to help the application of BD.This was an international, multicenter, retrospective study enrolling 221 children [aged greater than 30 days and less than 18 months; median age 6 (range 2-13) months], admitted to seven European pediatric intensive care units (PICU) with acute lung injury (ALI) or ARDS diagnosed with the earlier definition.Patients were categorized according to the two definitions, as follows: ALI, 36; ARDS, 185 (for the American-European Consensus Conference (AECC) definition); mild, 36; moderate, 97; severe ARDS, 88 (for BD). Mortality (13.9 % for mild ARDS; 11.3 % for moderate ARDS; 25 % for severe ARDS, p = 0.04) and the composite outcome extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)/mortality (13.9 % for mild ARDS; 11.3 % for moderate ARDS; 28.4 % for severe ARDS, p <0.01) were different across the BD classes, whereas they were similar using the previous definition. Mortality [HR 2.7 (95 % CI 1.1-7.1)] and ECMO/mortality [HR 3 (95 % CI 1.1-7.9)] were increased only for the severe ARDS class and remained significant after adjustment for confounding factors. PICU stay was not different across severity classes, irrespective of the definition used. There was significant concordance between raters evaluating radiographs [ICC 0.6 (95 % CI 0.2-0.8)] and risk factors [ICC 0.92 (95 % CI 0.8-0.97)].BD validity for children is similar to that already reported in adults and mainly due to the introduction of a "severe ARDS" category. We provided clinical tools to use BD for clinical practice, research, and health services planning in pediatric critical care.
KW - ARDS
KW - Children
KW - Diagnostic criteria
KW - ACUTE LUNG INJURY
KW - INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY
KW - CHILDREN
KW - CARE
KW - ARDS
KW - MORTALITY
KW - EPIDEMIOLOGY
KW - MANAGEMENT
KW - RISK
U2 - 10.1007/s00134-013-3110-x
DO - 10.1007/s00134-013-3110-x
M3 - Article
SN - 0342-4642
VL - 39
SP - 2083
EP - 2091
JO - Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Intensive Care Medicine
IS - 12
ER -