Which of the following is the most common illness leading to development of ARDS?
Most cases (>80%) are caused by a relatively small number of clinical disorders: severe sepsis syndrome and/or bacterial pneumonia (~40-50%), trauma, multiple transfusions, aspiration of gastric contents, and drug overdose. Among patients with trauma, the most frequently repoed surgical conditions in ARDS are pulmonary contusion, multiple bone fractures, and chest wall trauma/flail chest, whereas head trauma, near-drowning, toxic inhalation, and burns are rare causes.Ref: Harrison 19e pg: 1736
Aspiration of gastric contents
Head trauma
Drug overdose
Bacterial pneumonia
Respiratory system