Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We will include randomized controlled trials (RCTs or cluster RCTs). We will exclude crossover trials, quasi-randomized, non-randomized trials. Types of participants Inclusion Criteria (meet all) 16 years and older ARDS or ALI Invasive mechanical ventilation The definition of ARDS or ALI is one of the following: a) The North-American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS (NAECC) (Bernard 1994) (3) b) The Lung Injury Severity Score (LISS) (Murray 1988)(17) c) The Berlin definition (Ranieri 2012)(4,17) d) Other author's definition
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria (any of which are met) Controlled by noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 28-day mortality: If 28-day mortality is not reported, hospital mortality or mortality at the nearest-follow-up will be employed. If the Kaplan-Meier curve is reported, it is read from that figure. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Long term mortality: longest follow-up regardless of the duration of follow-up will be employed ADLs: ADLs measured by one of the following a) Barthel Index, Katz Index, DASC-21, Lawton b) component of measurements of QOLs c) Author's definition QoL: A QoL measured by one of the following a) Short Form 36 (SF-36) (18) b) Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) c) Sick ness profile impact (SIP)(19) d) other P/F: PaO2, FiO2 ratio for Day 1 (not including the baseline) VFD at 28: Ventilation free day up to 28 days. Barotrauma/ VILI: New pneumothorax, mediastinal emphysema, subcutaneous emphysema, new thoracic drainage, or author-defined Barotrauma/ VILI. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate school of medicine and public health, Kyoto University Department of Healthcare Epidemiology