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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Prevalence and risk factors of pneumothorax among patients admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Ahmed El-Nawawy, Amina Al-Halawany, Manal Antonios, Reem Newegy

Keywords : Barotrauma, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, mechanical ventilation, pediatrics, pneumothorax

Citation Information : El-Nawawy A, Al-Halawany A, Antonios M, Newegy R. Prevalence and risk factors of pneumothorax among patients admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2016; 20 (8):453-458.

DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.188191

License: CC BY-ND 3.0

Published Online: 01-02-2014

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


Abstract

Objective: Pneumothorax should be considered a medical emergency and requires a high index of suspicion and prompt recognition and intervention. 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, and these were compared with those patients who did not. The most common tool for diagnosis used was chest X-ray followed by a clinical examination. Subjects and Methods: Case notes of 1298 patients admitted in PICU over 1-year study. Results: Patients with pneumothorax had higher mortality rate (P < 0.001), longer length of stay (P < 0.001), higher need for mechanical ventilation (MV) (P < 0.001), and were of younger age (P < 0.001), lower body weight (P < 0.001), higher pediatric index of mortality 2 score on admission (P < 0.001), higher pediatric logistic organ dysfunction score (P < 0.001), compared to their counterpart. Iatrogenic pneumothorax (IP) represented 95% of episodes of pneumothorax. The most common causes of IP were barotrauma secondary to MV, central vein catheter insertion, and "other" (69.6%, 13.2%, and 17.2%, respectively). Compared to ventilated patients without pneumothorax, ventilated patients who developed pneumothorax had a longer duration of MV care (P < 0.001) and higher nonconventional and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation settings (P < 0.001). Conclusions: This study demonstrated that pneumothorax is common in Alexandria University PICU patients, especially in those on MV and emphasized the importance of the strict application of "protective lung strategies" among ventilated patients to minimize the risk of pneumothorax.


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