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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Ther. 2011 Dec 20;Suppl 4:10.4172/2155-6121.S4-003. doi: 10.4172/2155-6121.S4-003

Table 1. Causes of Acute Lung Injury.

The major causes of acute lung injury are listed based on whether they cause direct or indirect injury to the lung [5].

Direct	Indirect
Pneumonia	Sepsis
Aspiration of gastric contents	Hemorrhagic shock/Transfusion-Relat- ed Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)
Breathing in smoke or toxic fumes	Injury (TRALI)
Ventilator-induced injury	Major trauma or burn injury
Near drowning	Acute pancreatitis
Lung contusion	Adverse drug reaction
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (eg. lung transplantation)	Fat embolism