Table 1. Classification grouping and etiologies of uncommon presentations of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Classification | Groupings | Primary etiology | N |
---|---|---|---|
Direct | Inhalation injury | Smoke inhalation, near-drowning | 8, 2 |
Indirect | Drug overdose | Drug overdose | 13 |
Hepatic failure | End-stage liver disease | 7 | |
Pancreatic | Pancreatitis | 16 | |
Neurogenic | Non-traumatic acute brain injury | 8 | |
Perfusion-related | Hemorrhagic shock, reperfusion injury | 8, 1 | |
Transfusion-related | Multiple transfusions | 3 | |
Toxicity-related | Acute bleomycin toxicity, radiation exposure | 2, 1 | |
Hyper-immune response | Tumor lysis syndrome, dye reaction, Steven-Johnson syndrome, IRIS-HAART | 1, 1, 1, 1 | |
Burns | 2nd/3rd degree ≥30% BSA | 2 | |
Malaria | Malaria | 1 | |
UNK | Idiopathic | Idiopathic | 10 |
BSA, body surface area; IRIS-HAART, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome-highly active anti-retroviral therapy.