Research Article
Etiology and Outcomes of ARDS in a Rural-Urban Fringe Hospital of South India
Table 1
Etiology and survival of patients in our study.
| | Direct injury | Number of cases | Survived | Indirect injury | Number of cases | Survived |
| | Pneumonia | | | Sepsis | | | | (1) CAP | 6 | 6 | (1) Malaria | 2 | 2 | | (2) HAP | 8 | 3 | (2) MRSA | 3 | 1 | | (3) H1N1 | 4 | 3 | (3) Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | 0 | | (4) Leptospirosis | 2 | 1 | (4) E. coli | 1 | 0 | | (5) Scrub typhus | 7 | 6 | (5) Unidentified | 5 | 1 | | (6) Aspiration | 2 | 1 | Pancreatitis | 4 | 3 | | Dengue | 3 | 3 | OP poisoning | 2 | 1 | | Tuberculosis | 2 | 2 | Herbicide poisoning | 1 | 1 | | Toxic inhalation | 1 | 1 | Near-hanging | 1 | 1 | | Near-drowning | 3 | 3 | | | | | Paraquat poisoning | 3 | 0 | | | |
| | Total | 41 | 29 | Total | 20 | 12 |
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MRSA: methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureu; E.coli: Escherichia coli; OP: organophosphate poisoning; CAP: community acquired pneumonia; VAP: ventilator associated pneumonia.
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