A multicenter, prospective observational study for the epidemiology of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Acute lung injury, Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000019701
- Lead Sponsor
- Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
- Brief Summary
CONCLUSIONS: Our study included a greater percentage of patients with ARDS with high severity and found that the overall mortality was 38%. The management of ARDS in Japan was characterized by high the utilization rate of glucocorticoids, which was positively associated with mortality.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 166
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The epidemiology of ALI/ARDS (hospital mortality)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The pathophysiology and pathogenesis of ALI/ARDS 2. The diagnosis and therapeutic methods of ARDS