Patient was educated on risk factors for development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as follows:
- ARDS usually occurs in patients, who are severely ill, hospitalized, and have many factors of comorbidity.
- Injury to the lungs and alveoli can occur secondary to conditions such as,
- Severe sepsis
- Excessive inhalation of exhaust fumes
- Unresolving pneumonia
- Near drowning with fluid accumulation in the lungs
- Major physical trauma to the chest, injuring the lungs
- Aspiration of food material into the lungs
