Do clinical predictors of hospital mortality differ between direct and indirect acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Despite lower severity of illness and fewer organ failures, patients with direct ARDS had similar mortality to patients with indirect ARDS. Factors previously associated with mortality during ARDS were only associated with mortality in direct ARDS. These findings suggest that direct and indirect ARDS have distinct features that may differentially affect risk prediction and clinical outcomes.
Results suggest PCIE affects TDS in part through patients' feeling informed.