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Acute respiratory distress syndrome risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Common risk factors for the development of ARDS include advanced age, chronic alcoholism, and acidosis.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Common risk factors for ARDS include:[1][2][3][4]
- Advanced age
- Chronic alcoholism (including alcoholic liver disease and hepatic cirrhosis)
- Acidemia with pH < 7.25
- Metabolic acidosis with bicarbonate < 20 mEq/L
- High anion gap
- Hypoproteinemia
- Increased severity of critical illness (as measured by APACHE II score or Injury Severity Score)
References
References
- ↑ Moss M, Bucher B, Moore FA, Moore EE, Parsons PE (1996). “The role of chronic alcohol abuse in the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults”. JAMA. 275 (1): 50–4. PMID 8531287.
- ↑ Mangialardi RJ, Martin GS, Bernard GR, Wheeler AP, Christman BW, Dupont WD; et al. (2000). “Hypoproteinemia predicts acute respiratory distress syndrome development, weight gain, and death in patients with sepsis. Ibuprofen in Sepsis Study Group”. Crit Care Med. 28 (9): 3137–45. PMID 11008971.
- ↑ Hudson, L. D., J. A. Milberg, D. Anardi, and R. J. Maunder. “Clinical Risks for Development of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 151, no. 2 Pt 1 (February 1995): 293–301. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.151.2.7842182.
- ↑ Ware, Lorraine B., and Michael A. Matthay. “The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.” New England Journal of Medicine 342, no. 18 (May 4, 2000): 1334–49. doi:10.1056/NEJM200005043421806.
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