Acute respiratory distress syndrome risk factors

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Risk Factors

Things that may trigger ARDS:

• Mechanical ventilation
• Sepsis
• Pneumoniashock
• Aspiration
• trauma (especially pulmonary contusion)
• Major surgery
• Massive transfusionssmoke inhalation
• Drug reaction or overdose
• [[Fat emboli]
• Reperfusion pulmonary edema after lung transplantation or pulmonary embolectomy
• Pneumonia and sepsis are the most common triggers, and pneumonia is present in up to 60% of patients. Pneumonia and sepsis may be either causes or complications of ARDS.
• Elevated abdominal pressure of any cause is also probably a risk factor for the development of ARDS, particularly during mechanical ventilation.