id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-336159-w646qkjz Chen, Wei Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Nationwide Registry-Based Study in Taiwan, 1997 to 2011 2015-10-30 .txt text/plain 3562 182 52 title: Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Nationwide Registry-Based Study in Taiwan, 1997 to 2011 A total of 40,876 ARDS patients (68% male; mean age 66 years) were identified by International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition coding and further analyzed for clinical characteristics, medical costs, and mortality. An abrupt decrease in the in-hospital mortality rate in 2003 was coincident with an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome that year. 42, [44] [45] [46] Interestingly, in the current study, there was an abrupt decrease in mortality in 2003, which coincided with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Asia 22 and an increase in incidence of ARDS (Fig. 1A) . Clinical epidemiology of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: incidence, diagnosis, and outcomes Acute respiratory distress syndrome: estimated incidence and mortality rate in a 5 millionperson population base ./cache/cord-336159-w646qkjz.txt ./txt/cord-336159-w646qkjz.txt