Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 65yo Woman | Critical Care | SMLE Q#7952
SMLE Question #7952
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Critical Care
Objective: OBJ-308
Last updated: February 2026
A 65-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus is in the ICU with urosepsis and septic shock. She receives IV crystalloids and is started on norepinephrine for persistent hypotension. Over several hours, she develops worsening dyspnea and severe hypoxemia despite ventilator optimization with FiO2 1.0. Chest radiograph shows new bilateral diffuse opacities. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the lung infiltrates in this patient?
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