Epidemiological profile of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: A tertiary care experience.

This study included only trauma patients with ARDS.[ 24 ] The shorter mean duration of hospital stay in the present study may be due to lower percentage of trauma cases which usually have a prolonged ICU and hospital stay as reported in a study from surgical ICU of an academic trauma center in the United States of America.[ 25 ] Past studies had observed that the mortality rate for ARDS was high but over time there has been a decreasing trend.

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