Respiratory Failure Diagnosis and Management

Description

The respiratory system is responsible for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange between the blood and the atmosphere. Respiratory failure occurs when this exchange fails and metabolic demands for oxygen and body system acid-base stabilization are not maintained, creating a ventilation-perfusion mismatch.Failure of oxygen exchange results in the development of severe hypoxemia (both type I and type II respiratory failure) with cellular anoxia and tissue asphyxia.