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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as deadly as ever
(HealthDay News)—The death rate for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) hasn’t changed since 1994, according to a study that contradicts the common belief there’s been a steady decline in the percentage of ARDS patients who die.
The researchers reviewed studies conducted between 1984 and 2006, and found the death rate for patients with ARDS and related acute lung injury (ALI) is 40 percent to 45 percent, much higher than the suggested benchmark rate of 25 percent to 30 percent.
