Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

**Semantic type:** Clinical Attribute

**Definition:** A consensus definition for acute respiratory distress syndrome that establishes three mutually exclusive categories of ARDS based on degree of hypoxemia, radiographic severity, respiratory system compliance, positive end-expiratory pressure, and corrected expired volume per minute.

**Synonyms:** - Berlin Criteria - Berlin Criteria - Berlin Criteria for ARDS - Berlin Definition - Berlin Definition of ARDS