@article{JTD30201,
author = {Ling Liu and Zhiwei Gao and Yi Yang and Maoqin Li and Xinwei Mu and Xiaochun Ma and Guicheng Li and Wen Sun and Xue Wang and Qin Gu and Ruiqiang Zheng and Hongsheng Zhao and Jianfeng Xie and Haibo Qiu},
title = {Economic variations in patterns of care and outcomes of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in China: a national cross-sectional survey},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {11},
number = {7},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Ventilation practice may be affected by economic variations, which might result in different outcomes to mechanically ventilated patients. We aimed to investigate the important effect of economic variations in patients with mechanical ventilation (MV) in China.
Methods: We carried out a national prospective multicentre cross-sectional observational study over 1 month of all patients receiving invasive MV for more than 24 hours in 20 intensive care units (ICUs), including patient characteristics, practice of MV, weaning modalities and outcomes, including probability of weaning and survival. Based on the 2012 World Bank classification of counties, patients were divided into high-income and middle-income groups according to gross domestic product per capita in their province of origin.
Results: Of the 483 patients enrolled, 291 (60.2%) were from high-income provinces and 192 (39.8%) were from middle-income provinces. Tidal volume, peak pressure, plateau and driving pressure were significantly lower, and the proportion of patients receiving protective ventilation (71.1% vs. 59.9%, P=0.014) was significantly higher in the high-income group than in the middle-income group. The probability of weaning within 28 days was significantly greater in the high-income group than in the middle-income group (P=0.046). Patients in the high-income group had significantly higher median numbers of ventilator-free days within 14 and 28 days than those in the middle-income group (P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/30201}
}