Asthma USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 49-year-old man is admitted with severe acute pancreatitis. Two days later he develops worsening hypoxemia and requires mechanical ventilation. Chest radiograph shows diffuse bilateral alveolar opacities, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure is normal, and echocardiography shows no evidence of left sided heart failure. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ACardiogenic pulmonary edema
- BDiffuse alveolar hemorrhage
- CAcute respiratory distress syndromeCorrect answer
- DAcute eosinophilic pneumonia
- EPulmonary embolism
- FFat embolism syndrome
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