Acute respiratory distress syndrome causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Mitomycin
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	Acute eosinophilic pneumonia, inhalation injury, near-drowning, surface burns
Gastroenterologic	Pancreatitis
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Fat embolism, massive blood transfusion
Iatrogenic	Bone marrow transplantation, cardiopulmonary bypass, massive blood transfusion
Infectious Disease	Acute eosinophilic pneumonia, ehrlichiosis , leptospirosis, malaria, miliary tuberculosis, pneumonia, sepsis, severe acute respiratory syndrome
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Decompression sickness, fat embolism, Guillain-Barré syndrome, venous air embolism
Nutritional/Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Amniotic fluid embolism
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes