Objective: Studies describing predictors of mortality in patients with acute lung injury were
primarily derived from selected academic centers. We sought to determine the predictors of
mortality in a population-based cohort of patients with acute lung injury and to characterize
the performance of current severity of illness scores in this population. Design: Secondary
analysis of a prospective, multicenter, population-based cohort. Setting: Twenty-one
hospitals in Washington State. Patients: The cohort included 1,113 patients with acute lung …