Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Late Steroid Rescue Study (LaSRS): The Efficacy of Corticosteroids as Rescue Therapy for the Late Phase of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to assess innovative treatment methods in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as well as those at risk of developing ARDS.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Residing in the ICU
* Receiving mechanical ventilation
* Meets criteria for the diagnosis of ALI/ARDS, as defined by the American-European Consensus Conference

Exclusion Criteria:

* Received diagnosis of ALI/ARDS more than 96 hours prior to study entry
* Received more than five days of mechanical ventilation during the present hospitalization prior to study entry
* Pre-existing ALI/ARDS for more than 24 hours when transferred to the study ICU
* Pre-existing illness with a life expectancy of less than six months
* Any limitations in ICU care at study entry (e.g., no vasopressor)
* Previous lung resection
* Inability to speak or understand English
* No fixed address
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed with ARDS or has risk factors for ARDS; individuals will be considered at risk if they are critically ill and have trauma, sepsis, shock, pneumonia, inhalation injury, drug overdose, pancreatitis, or hypertransfusion
* Onset of ARDS must be between 7 and 28 days prior to study entry
* Since ARDS onset, bilateral infiltrates must have persisted and participants must have required continuous mechanical ventilation
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Adult patients aged 18 years or more, both gender
2. Receiving endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation for less than 36 hours
3. Presenting with a Severe ARDS :

   * Acute onset
   * PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 200 (≤ 26.7 kPa)
   * Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on frontal chest radiography
   * Capillary wedge pressure \< 18 mm Hg if measured or no evidence for left atrial hypertension
4. During since 12-24 hours
5. AND with severity criteria : PaO2/FiO2 \< 150 mm Hg (\< 20 kPa) under FiO2 ≥ 0.6, PEEP ≥ 5 cm H2O and a tidal volume equal to 6 ml/kg PBW.
6. Written consent from patient's next of kin

Exclusion Criteria:

1. contra-indication to the prone position

   * Intracranial pressure \> 30 mm Hg or cerebral perfusion pressure \< 60 mm Hg
   * Massive haemoptysis needing urgent surgical or radiological treatment
   * Tracheal or thoracic surgery in the last 15 days
   * Facial trauma or surgery in the last 15 days
   * Deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism treated in the last 2 days
   * Cardiac pace maker implantation in the last 2 days
   * Unstable bone dislocations of rachis, femur, rib cage, pelvis
   * Mean systolic arterial pressure less than 70 mm Hg despite vasopressive therapy
   * Pregnancy
   * Bronchopleural fistula treated with a single anterior chest tube (risk of kinking in prone position)
2. Exclusion criteria for respiratory raisons

   * Necessity to use NOi or almitrine
   * Extra body circulation for oxygenation and/or CO2 epuration
3. Exclusion criteria linked to clinical context

   * Pulmonary transplantation
   * Burns ≥ 20% of body surface
   * Chronic respiratory insufficiency under home oxygen therapy or non invasive ventilation
   * Chronic disease supposed to be fatal in less than 1 year
   * Non invasive ventilation for more than 24 hours before enrollment
4. Other exclusion criteria

   * Decision to stop life-supportive therapies before enrollment
   * Enrollment in an other trial testing an intervention and with mortality as primary end point in the last 30 days
   * Prior enrollment in the same study
   * Prone position before enrollment
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* ARDS with a PaO2 / FiO2 \< 150 with a PEEP \> 5 since less than 48 hrs
* informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* NMBA allergy
* Continuous administration of NMBA for ARDS prior inclusion
* Age \< 18 yrs
* SAPS II \> 70
* Persistent air leak

Answer: B