Kids Health

Validating a new definition for respiratory failure in children

According to a first-of-its-kind international study, a new definition of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) results in a more accurate diagnosis of many more children with the rapidly progressive disease than the widely used adult definition. Findings from the Pediatric ARDS Incidence and Epidemiology Study were published online on Oct. 18 by the leading […]