Has Mortality from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Decreased over Time?

Abstract

A decrease in ARDS mortality was only seen in observational studies from 1984 to 1993. Mortality did not decrease between 1994 (when a consensus definition was published) and 2006, and is lower in RCTs than observational studies.

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MedicineObservational studyARDSOdds ratioConfidence intervalRandomized controlled trialInternal medicineMeta-analysisLung

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Publication Info

Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 179
Issue: 3
Pages: 220-227
Citations: 722
Access: Closed

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