Prognostic values of the Berlin definition criteria blood lactate level and fibroproliferative changes on high-resolution computed tomography in ARDS patients

摘要

BackgroundIn the Berlin definition, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is stratified into three stages according to oxygenation severity at the onset. The relevance between ARDS severity and prognosis varies among published reports and has not been verified, especially in Asian patients.