Incidence and factors independently associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in chinese patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The reported incidence of ARDS among Chinese patients with SAP is high and is independently associated with multiple demographic characteristics, clinical scores, comorbidities, and physiological or biochemical markers. Recognition of these factors, which demonstrated independent associations in multivariable models, may inform ARDS risk assessment in patients with SAP; however, their clinical utility should be interpreted with caution in light of limitations in study design.