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Table 2 Causes for ALI/ARDS and ACLE

From: Comparison of two non-bronchoscopic methods for evaluating inflammation in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure

Definition

N

➢ Primary (direct pulmonary) ALI/ARDS

14

   • Pneumonia/aspiration

11

   • Carmustine-induced lung injury

1

   • Methotrexate-induced lung injury

1

   • COP

1

➢ Secondary (indirect pulmonary) ALI/ARDS

7

   • Sepsis

6

   • Necrotising pancreatitis

1

➢ ACLE

9

   • Acute exacerbation of CHF

2

   • Acute coronary syndrome

 

- AMI

5

- Unstable angina

1

   • Acute exacerbation of LV diastolic dysfunction

1

  1. ACLE = acute cardiogenic lung edema; ALI = acute lung injury; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; CHF = congestive heart failure; COP = cryptogenic organising pneumonia; LV = left ventricular.
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