title: [Acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia].
abstract: Bacterial and viral pneumonia are the most frequent causes of ARDS. The other infectious risk of developing of ARDS is infections at nonpulmonary sites, and fungal as well as parasites pneumonia. Virtually all patients with ARDS require mechanical ventilation, a major risk factor for the development of VAP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374.
authors.forename: Kazui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soma
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D055397:Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology