RT Journal
A1 Fröhlich S, Murphy N, Boylan J
T1 DEfinition of acute respiratory distress syndrome
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD October 3
VO 308
IS 13
SP 1321
OP 1321
DO 10.1001/2012.jama.11895
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2012.jama.11895
AB 
To the Editor: The ARDS Definition Task Force1 presented a consensus draft definition developed by a panel of experts. They proposed 3 categories of ARDS based on degree of hypoxemia and, using a large database (4457 patients with 1256 deaths), reported increasing severity of ARDS to be associated with increased mortality and duration of mechanical ventilation. The Berlin Definition also predicted mortality marginally better than its predecessor, the American-European Consensus Conference (AECC) definition.