Table 2.
Underlying conditions and mechanism for patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome
| Sepsis (n) | 128 |
| Respiratory | 83 |
| Abdomen | 26 |
| Urinary tract | 5 |
| Soft tissue | 3 |
| Others | 11 |
| Non-infectious condition (n) | 79 |
| Trauma | 11 |
| Surgery | 8 |
| Burn | 7 |
| Respiratory diseases | 10 |
| Gastrointestinal diseases | 5 |
| Central nervous system | 4 |
| Severe acute pancreatitis | 3 |
| Vascular diseases | 2 |
| Others | 29 |
| Direct or indirect lung injury | |
| Direct injury | 125 |
| Indirect injury | 82 |