Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Pulmonary causes

  • Pulmonary contusion
  • Aspiration of gastric acid contents
  • Smoke inhalation
  • Near drowning
  • Pneumonia
  • Fat embolism

Extra-pulmonary causes

  • Burns
  • Hypovolemia
  • Hypoperfusion
  • Massive blood transfusion
  • Systemic sepsis