@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of Outcome in Children with Hydrocarbon Poisoning Receiving Intensive Care",
journal="Indian pediatrics",
year="2006",
author="Jayashree, M. and Singhi, Sunit and Gupta, A.",
volume="43",
number="8",
pages="715-719",
abstract="The retrospective study included 48 children between 8.5 months - 10 years, admitted to the PICU of an urban, tertiary care, teaching hospital in northern India from January 1995 to December 2001. Eighteen (38%) patients were hypoxemic on arrival, of which 8 (45%) required mechanical ventilation. Compared to the non-hypoxemic children, the hypoxemic patients were more likely to have received gastric lavage before arrival to our center (Odds Ratio 23.2, 95% CI 2.4 - 560.7) and had higher frequency of severe respiratory distress and leucocytosis (Odds Ratio 8.0, 95% CI 1.79 -38.6). On multiple regression analysis, we could not identify any particular variable that could predict hypoxemia. Secondary pneumonia developed in 16 (33.3%), with the duration of PICU stay being longer in these patients as against those who did not (144 hours vs 72 hours, p &lt;0.05). Two (4.2%) children died and one suffered hypoxic sequelae. Prior lavage, hypoxemia at admission, need for ventilation, secondary sepsis and ventilator related complications were associated with poor outcome.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-6061",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}