title: External validation confirms the legitimacy of a new clinical classification of ARDS for predicting outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.d.bos@amc.uva.nl.
authors.forename: Lieuwe D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Olaf L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Cremer
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: David S Y
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliana B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Caser
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.|Adult Intensive Care Unit, Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carmen S V
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.|Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villar
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.|Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kacmarek
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marcus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011379:Prognosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen