Mortality predictors acute respiratory distress syndrome

Patient-related	Disease-related	Treatment-related
Older age Comorbidities (eg, active cancer, immunosuppression, chronic liver disease, severe alcohol use, poor nutrition)	Poor gas exchange (eg, severe hypoxemia or hypercapnia) Severe ARDS Infection Multiorgan failure Non-trauma-related ARDS Vascular dysfunction/lung water	Positive fluid balance Packed red blood cell transfusion Poor ICU resources Higher lung pressures Absence of low tidal volume ventilation

ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; ICU: intensive care unit.

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