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Respiratory failure vs. Respiratory distress[edit]
Does anyone think Respiratory distress should redirect here (rather than to respiratory distress syndrome)? -- JVinocur 01:29, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I thought that respiratory distress was just difficulty breathing ie dyspnoea and that respiratory failure is the specific 'respiration resulting in Po2 less than 8kPa' anyone clear up?
- No, respiratory distress is a symptom of respiratory failure but may also be encountered in other conditions such as metabolic acidosis. JFW | T@lk 14:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
Causes[edit]
I removed the following list, because it attempts to be exhaustive while failing to do so. Perhaps a table with lots of references?
- Pulmonary dysfunction
- Asthma
- Emphysema
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary contusion[1]
- Hemothorax
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a specific and life-threatening type of respiratory failure.
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cardiac dysfunction
- Pulmonary edema
- Cerebrovascular Accident
- Arrhythmia
- Congestive heart failure
- Valve pathology
- Other
- Fatigue due to prolonged tachypnoea in metabolic acidosis
- Intoxication with drugs (e.g., morphine, benzodiazepines, alcohol) that suppress respiration.
- Neurological Disease
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- Jameson's Mamba bite
Any good sources that might help here? JFW | T@lk 14:58, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
- ^ Johnson SB (2008). "Tracheobronchial injury". Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 20 (1): 52&ndash, 57. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.09.001. PMID 18420127.
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