AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。被诊断患有危及生命的肺部损伤疾病（称为急性肺损伤或急性呼吸窘迫综合征（ARDS））的患者将被考虑入组本研究。本研究的目的是研究ARDS患者的临床和研究标本，以了解更多关于这种情况，并找出不同的ARDS组是否有不同的疾病或只是一个疾病实体。这项研究可能有助于我们在未来为ARDS患者开发更好的治疗方法。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Patients diagnosed with a life-threatening illness injuring the lungs, called acute lung injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) who have been put on a mechanical ventilator, to help breathe, will be considered for enrollment in the study. The purpose of this study is to study clinical and research specimens in ARDS patients in order to find out more about this condition and to find out whether different groups of ARDS have different diseases or just one disease entity. This study may help us develop better treatment for patients with ARDS in the future.