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Bacterial or viral pneumonia, exposure of the lung to gases, aspiration of material into the lung (including water in near-drowning episodes), or any generalized septicemia (blood poisoning) or severe lung injury may lead to capillary leakage throughout the lung, a syndrome known as the acute respiratory distress syndrome of adults. It was first recognized when cases occurred following septicemia induced by intrauterine birth control devices; however, this is only one pathway to a generalized lung injury that has many causes. Acute respiratory distress syndrome carries about a 50 percent mortality, later infection by certain types of bacteria being particularly serious. Life-support treatment with assisted ventilation rescues some patients, but there has been little improvement in survival during the 1970s and '80s. Recovery and repair of the lung may take months after clinical recovery from the acute event.
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