• Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2013

    Comparative Study

    Volatile anesthetic rescue therapy in children with acute asthma: innovative but costly or just costly?.

    • Danton S Char, Laura M Ibsen, Chandra Ramamoorthy, and Susan L Bratton.
    • Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. dchar@stanford.edu
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2013 May 1;14(4):343-50.

    ObjectivesTo describe volatile anesthesia (VA) use for pediatric asthma, including complications and outcomes.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingChildren's hospitals contributing to the Pediatric Health Information System between 2004-2008.PatientsChildren 2-18 years old with a primary diagnosis code for asthma supported with mechanical ventilation.InterventionThose treated with VA were compared to those not treated with VA or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Hospital VA use was grouped as none, <5%, 5-10% and >10% among intubated children.Measurements And Main ResultsOne thousand five hundred and fifty-eight patients received mechanical ventilation at 40 hospitals for asthma: 47 (3%) received VA treatment at 11 (28%) hospitals. Those receiving a VA were significantly less likely to receive inhaled b-agonists, ipratropium bromide, and heliox, but more likely to receive neuromuscular blocking agents than patients treated without VA. Length of mechanical ventilation, hospital stay (length of stay [LOS]) and charges were significantly greater for those treated with VA. Aspiration was more common but death and air leak did not differ. Patients at hospitals with VA use >10% were significantly less likely to receive inhaled b agonist, ipratropium bromide, methylxanthines, and heliox, but more likely to receive systemic b agonist, neuromuscular blocking agents compared to those treated at hospitals not using VA. LOS, duration of ventilation, and hospital charges were significantly greater for patients treated at centers with high VA use.ConclusionsMortality does not differ between centers that use VA or not. Patients treated at centers with high VA use had significantly increased hospital charges and increased LOS.

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