Acute respiratory distress syndrome/acute lung injury, and severe respiratory failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with severe respiratory failure such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury (also acceptable as defined by the authors) who were performed bronchoalveolar lavage
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with pre-existing PF-ILDs (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, collagen vascular disease-associated interstitial lung diseases, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, etc.) 2) Patients with chronic respiratory failure 3) Patients with cardiac failure or fluid overload 4) Non-English studies 5) Studies of less than 10 patients with severe respiratory failure who were assessed for BAL
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Death or serious disability | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Life-threatening adverse events (e.g., exacerbation of respiratory status requiring new treatment, arrhythmias requiring intervention, reduction in blood pressure requiring intervention ,etc.) 2) Minor adverse events (e.g., temporary worsening of oxygenation) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University Department of Healthcare Epidemiology