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| Conventional outcome measures | Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|---|
| Mortality | Convenient | Need a greater number of patients to achieve statistical significance given the low mortality in PARDS |
| The death may not be due to PARDS | ||
| Ventilation parameters | Convenient | Limited to survivors |
| Need for ECMO | Convenient | Not applicable in non-ECMO centers |
| PICU and hospital length of stay | Convenient | Potentially confounded by other factors |
