Difference between revisions of "Diffuse alveolar damage"

*DAD may ''not'' be present in all cases that are clinically ''ARDS''.<ref name=pmid23370917>{{cite journal |vauthors=Thille AW, Esteban A, Fernández-Segoviano P, Rodriguez JM, Aramburu JA, Peñuelas O, Cortés-Puch I, Cardinal-Fernández P, Lorente JA, Frutos-Vivar F |title=Comparison of the Berlin definition for acute respiratory distress syndrome with autopsy |journal=Am J Respir Crit Care Med |volume=187 |issue=7 |pages=761–7 |date=April 2013 |pmid=23370917 |doi=10.1164/rccm.201211-1981OC |url=}}</ref>

*Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) may have DAD; however, cases are reported without the pattern.<ref name=pmid18673344>{{cite journal |vauthors=Danielson C, Benjamin RJ, Mangano MM, Mills CJ, Waxman DA |title=Pulmonary pathology of rapidly fatal transfusion-related acute lung injury reveals minimal evidence of diffuse alveolar damage or alveolar granulocyte infiltration |journal=Transfusion |volume=48 |issue=11 |pages=2401–8 |date=November 2008 |pmid=18673344 |doi=10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01879.x |url=}}</ref>

*DAD may be seen in acute exacerbations of chronic [[interstitial lung disease]], e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.<ref pmid21637367>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kaarteenaho R, Kinnula VL |title=Diffuse alveolar damage: a common phenomenon in progressive interstitial lung disorders |journal=Pulm Med |volume=2011 |issue= |pages=531302 |date=2011 |pmid=21637367 |pmc=3099744 |doi=10.1155/2011/531302 |url=}}</ref>