In this article, we will discuss various Causes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. So, let’s get started.
Causes
Systemic insults (indirect injury)
- Trauma, head injury
- Shock, sepsis
- Pancreatitis
- Repeated blood transfusion
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Burns
- Drugs, e.g. opiates, aspirin, phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants, nitrofurantoin, amiodarone, paraquat
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Cardiopulmonary bypass
Pulmonary insults (direct injury)
- Aspirations of gastric contents
- Embolism, e.g. thrombus, fat, air, and amniotic fluid
- Miliary tuberculosis
- Diffuse pneumonia, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, cryptogenic pneumonia
- Near drowning
- Toxic gas inhalation, e.g. CO, NO2, PH3, chlorine, SO2, ammonia, hyperbaric O2
- Lung contusion
- Radiation exposure
- High altitude pulmonary edema
- Lung re-expansion or re-perfusion