Figure 1
From: Bioinformatics insights into acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome
The optimum pattern of clinical bioinformatics in ALI/ARDS. We get clinical information including symptoms, physical signs, medical history, lung function or images from the patients. On the other hand, we draw bioinformation from their blood, BALF or tissue. Then, the clinical information and bioinformation should be validated and complemented with each other in order to detect effective and powerful biomarkers. Only in this way, the bioinformatics technologies can be helpful.