Lung Injury Prediction Study

Identifying Patients at Risk of Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) at the Time of Hospital Admission: External Validation of a Lung Injury Prediction Score (LIPS)

The purpose of the study is to externally validate the acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) prediction model (Lung Injury Prediction Score - LIPS) in a multicenter sample of patients at risk presented to the acute care hospitals: United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group (USCIITG).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalized adult patients with one of the known risk factors for acute lung injury at the time of hospital admission

Exclusion Criteria:

• ALI/ARDS already present at the time of hospital admission, denied use of medical records for research, children, hospital readmission, transfer from another hospital