Epidemiological trends of mechanically ventilated acute respiratory distress syndrome in the twenty-first century: a nationwide, population-based retrospective study.

In this cohort of 93,192 ARDS patients receiving MV for ARDS in Spanish hospitals between 2000 and 2022, the most relevant findings were: (1) the MV-ARDS incidence varied between 2.96/100,000 and 20.14/100,000 cases per year, peaking during COVID-19 pandemic; (2) hospital mortality rate showed a decreasing trend; (3) the average cost per patient stabilized around €30,000 and €40,000 between 2017 and 2022; (4) during the COVID-19 pandemic, comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and aspergillosis increased markedly.

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