Question 147 · LEK · ARDS
The criteria for the diagnosis of ARDS do not include:
- A. PaO2/FiO2 < 200 mmHg.
- B. presence of predisposing factors.
- C. acute onset.
- D. bilateral infiltrations on chest X-ray.
- E. SpO2 < 90%.
Hint
Go through the Berlin definition (timing, imaging, origin of oedema, oxygenation) and find the parameter it does not use.
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