To define the occurrence rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using established criteria in a well-defined general patient population, to study the clinical course of ARDS when patients were ventilated using a "lung-protective" strategy, and to define the total costs of care.
A 3-yr (1993 through 1995) retrospective descriptive analysis of all patients with ARDS treated in Kuopio University Hospital.
Intensive care unit in the university hospital.
Fifty-nine patients fulfilled the definition of ARDS: Pao2/Fio2
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Comment In: Crit Care Med. 1999 Nov;27(11):2573-410579285