Classifying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severity: Correcting the Arterial Oxygen Partial Pressure to Fractional Inspired Oxygen at Altitude.
In the well-known Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), there is a recommended adjustment for arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen (PaO2/FIO2) at altitude, but without a reference as to how it was derived.
Sleep Disorders Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rogelio
R
Pérez-Padilla
Sleep Disorders Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico.
Carmen Margarita
CM
Hernández-Cárdenas
Sleep Disorders Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gustavo
G
Lugo-Goytia
D000531:Altitude; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D010100:Oxygen