Fig. 1

Flowchart of SAILS study participants. Patient flow in the study. Inclusion criteria in the SAILS study were development of sepsis-associated ARDS. Patients who developed AKI first 5 days of study enrollment were included in our study. Short duration AKI was defined as AKI duration of 1–2 days, medium duration AKI as 3–7 days and persistent AKI as > 7 days. AKI acute kidney injury, ESRD end-stage renal disease, SAILS Statins for Acutely Injured Lungs from Sepsis