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A patient, admitted with lung contusions from a motor vehicle accident, is developing respiratory distress. The nurse recognizes the only difference between acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is which of the following?
1. ARDS and ALI differ only in the amount of hypoxemia.
2. ARDS patients will have a lower respiratory rate than ALI.
3. ALI patients have fewer injuries than ARDS patients.
4. ALI patients have more inflammation than ARDS patients.
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