Attributable mortality of ARDS among critically ill patients with sepsis: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study adhered to the ethical principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the by the following Ethics Committees: The Ethics Committees of Fuxing Hospital, Capital Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of West China Hospital, Sichuan University; The Institutional Review Board of Peking Union Medical College Hospital; The Institutional Review Board of Guangdong General Hospital; The Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University; The Institutional Review Board of the First Hospital of Jilin University; The Institutional Review Board of China-Japan Friendship Hospital; The Institutional Review Board of Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University; The Institutional Review Board of Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital; The Institutional Review Board of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of Peking University Third Hospital; The Institutional Review Board of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University; The Institutional Review Board of Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University. The ethics number was 2013FXHEC-KY018. The registration number was ChiCTR-ECH-13003934. Informed consent must be obtained from the patient or their close relatives before the patient can participate in the trial. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Conflict of interestAll authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of interest All authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was funded by the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (no. Z191100006619032)."