Clinical features and outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by cytomegalovirus pneumonia after kidney transplantation.

Objective To analyze clinical manifestation and identify prognostic factors in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia after kidney transplantation.Methods Fifty five kidney transplant recipients' data were analyzed in a case-control study of patients with a primary discharge diagnosis of ARDS caused by CMV pneumonia.Results The mortality of ARDS after kidney transplantation was 56.4%;when association with mechanical ventilation,it was 72.5%.In multivariate Logistic regression analysis,numbers of complications (odds ratioOR2.60,95% confidence intervalCI1.00~6.76),severity of diffuse infiltrates in chest X-ray (OR 11.83,CI 1.14~123.07),mechanical ventilation (OR 11.83,CI 1.14~123.07) were independent risk factors to death.Conclusion Even in modern era,kidney transplant recipients with ARDS after kidney transplantation are still at high risk for death.Numbers of complications,severity of diffuse infiltrates in chest X-ray,mechanical ventilation are associated with poor outcomes.