Incidence, etiology, sociodemographic and clinical characterization of acute respiratory failure in pediatric patients at a high-altitude city: A multicenter cohort study

• Main Authors: Sarha M. Vargas Muñoz (Author), Sara De Vivero Haddad (Author), Aldo M. Beltran (Author), Carolina Bonilla Gonzalez (Author), Melisa Naranjo Vanegas (Author), Sergio Moreno-Lopez (Author), Paola Rueda-Guevara (Author), Pedro Barrera (Author), Juan Gabriel Piñeros (Author), Luz Marina Mejía (Author), María Lucia Mesa (Author), Sonia Restrepo-Gualteros (Author), Olga Lucía Baquero Castañeda (Author), Andrea Ramírez Varela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundAcute respiratory failure is a life-threatening medical condition, associated with a variety of conditions and risk factors, including acute respiratory diseases which are a frequent cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Colombia, the literature related to ARF is scarce....