Respiratory Failure
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A Respiratory Failure is a organism failure of a respiratory system.
- See: Blood Gas Tension, Pulmonology, Intensive Care Medicine, Gas Exchange, Hypoxemia, Hypercapnia, Acute Respiratory Failure, Chronic Respiratory Failure, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/respiratory_failure Retrieved:2020-3-25.
- Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide or both cannot be kept at normal levels. A drop in the oxygen carried in blood is known as hypoxemia; a rise in arterial carbon dioxide levels is called hypercapnia. Respiratory failure is classified as either Type 1 or Type 2, based on whether there is a high carbon dioxide level, and can be either acute or chronic. The definition of respiratory failure in clinical trials usually includes increased respiratory rate, abnormal blood gases (hypoxemia, hypercapnia, or both), and evidence of increased work of breathing. Respiratory failure causes an altered mental status due to ischemia in the brain. The normal partial pressure reference values are: oxygen PaO2 more than , and carbon dioxide PaCO2 less than .