In a new study, survival of ICU hospitalization for acute respiratory failure and discharge without severe cognitive dysfunction in early childhood was associated with significantly lower subsequent IQ scores compared with matched siblings.
“Outcomes of adults with respiratory failure are affected by adult-onset comorbidities and age-related frailty and diminished cognitive capacity,” R. Scott Watson, MD, MPH, professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Washington and the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research