title: Mortality is the only relevant outcome in ARDS: no.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland, MC 6026, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA, jkress@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kress
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011788:Quality of Life; D012107:Research Design; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D016019:Survival Analysis