6)Detailed Procedure of the study- Inclusion/Exclusion criteria-As mentioned under the given heading.

 Inpatients of Major ICU’s in Kasturba Hospital will be screened to find out whether they fulfill the inclusion criteria of the study.

a) Patients fulfilling the criteria will be noted down.

b) Consent will be taken from the family members of patients to enroll into the study.

) A Set Proforma will be given to the patient attenders presentation of the patient

d) Vitals and the relevant information will be filled out by the principal investigator at the time. 

e) Investigation chart and relevart information will be noted down by the principal investigator

I) Apache 2 score will be calculated at the time of presentation

g) Serial Monitoring of SOFA’s score and Murrav’• Lung Injury Score will be done.

h) The patients would recieve the appropriate standard of care in hospital.

i) Clinical profile will be made for each patient under the study and it will include the demography details along with details of the suspected etiology , the details of the suspected source of primary infection , the organism that the cultures of the patient are growing and its sensitivity pattern

8) Early predictors of Mortality and the potential to improve standard of care in the management of ARDS will be analysed.

9)  Potential risks and benefits :

10)Budget/Sponsor- Not applicable-Self Funded Study