Comparison of community-acquired hospital-acquired and intensive care unit-acquired acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective observational cohort study

摘要

IntroductionAcute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a syndrome characterized by diffuse pulmonary edema and severe hypoxemia that usually occurs after an injury such as sepsis, aspiration and pneumonia. Little is known about the relation between the setting where the syndrome developed and outcomes in ARDS patients.