Respiratory Insufficiency Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

[…] distress syndrome Human disease Upload media Wikipedia Instance of disease Subclass of respiratory failure, pulmonary injury, acute respiratory insufficiency Authority control [commons.wikimedia.org]

He presented with pneumonitis and partial respiratory insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

insufficiency Controllo di autorità Q344873 identificativo LCNAF: sh85113192 Reasonator Scholia Statistica Sottocategorie Questa categoria contiene le 2 sottocategorie indicate [commons.wikimedia.org]

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The patient was in respiratory failure and comatose upon arrival of the emergency service. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Interscalene block (ISB) impairs ipsilateral lung function and generally is not used for patients with respiratory insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition to airflow limitation and sometimes respiratory insufficiency, complications include Pulmonary hypertension Respiratory infection Weight loss and other comorbidities [merckmanuals.com]

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COVID-19

SARS is an influenza-like illness that occasionally leads to progressively severe respiratory insufficiency. [msdmanuals.com]

Although this strategy is effective, worsening of respiratory failure may occur in some patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Critical: respiratory failure, shock, multi-organ failure. [radiologyassistant.nl]

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Acute Respiratory Failure

failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

(disorder) respiratory insufficiency/failure acute-on-chronic respiratory failure acute respiratory Failure chronic respiratory failure Respiratory Failure Failure, Respiratory [wikidata.org]

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Pulmonary Edema

Clinical presentations range from mild cough to respiratory failure and hemodynamic compromise. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Negative-pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) or postobstructive pulmonary edema is a well-described cause of acute respiratory failure that occurs after intense inspiratory effort [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient's respiratory failure persisted after the convulsions remitted, and the presence of an endobronchial foreign body was suspected based on the findings of chest [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Status Asthmaticus

Severe respiratory failure during pregnancy can worsen maternal and fetal outcomes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Keywords : Noninvasive ventilation; Bronchial spasmus; Asthma; Status asmathicus; Respiratory insufficiency; Hypercapnia; Child. [scielo.br]

failure. [slideshare.net]

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Sepsis

For instance, patients with respiratory infections develop respiratory symptoms such as coughing, increased and purulent sputum, and respiratory insufficiency. [ccforum.biomedcentral.com]

Type of Organ Failure and Code — Description Respiratory 518.81 — Acute respiratory failure 518.82 — Acute respiratory distress syndrome 518.85 — Acute respiratory distress [nejm.org]

[…] syndrome after shock or trauma 786.09 — Respiratory insufficiency 799.1 — Respiratory arrest 96.7 — Ventilator management Cardiovascular 458.0 — Hypotension, postural 785.5 [nejm.org]

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Cor Pulmonale

It has also been proposed to define clinically cor pulmonale by the presence of oedema in patients with respiratory failure. [doi.org]

[…] major cause of chronic respiratory insufficiency and cor pulmonale, and it probably accounts for 80–90% of the cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

failure. [doi.org]

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Respiratory Muscle Paralysis

Medications can relieve discomfort, anxiety, and fear caused by respiratory insufficiency. [mda.org]

Insufficiency (1966-1967) All MeSH Categories Diseases Category Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiration Disorders Respiratory Insufficiency Respiratory Paralysis All MeSH [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

insufficiency. [archbronconeumol.org]

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Preeclampsia

failure [merriam-webster.com]

Status asthmaticus is respiratory failure that comes with the worst form of acute severe asthma, or an asthma attack. [webmd.com]

[…] severe attack of asthma that is unresponsive to initial standard therapy, is characterized especially by dyspnea, dry cough, wheezing, and hypoxemia, and that may lead to respiratory [merriam-webster.com]

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Influenza Pneumonia

Conclusions: Viral pneumonia may result in severe hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS especially during epidemic seasons. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We treated a woman for influenza pneumonia with respiratory failure at 33 weeks' gestation with oral amantadine and ribavirin inhalation therapy in conjunction with evacuation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This report describes two patients with primary influenza pneumonia complicated by severe respiratory failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Atypical Pneumonia

The patient was admitted to the respiratory medicine ward with a diagnosis of bilateral atypical pneumonia with partial respiratory insufficiency and respiratory alkalosis [archbronconeumol.org]

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Opiate Overdose

Thereafter, some patients require intensive care management because of respiratory failure, metabolic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, and other organ failure. [journals.lww.com]

With overdose, patients often succumb to respiratory failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Mucopolysaccharidosis

insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Respiratory failure was the most common cause of death (treated, 43/124 [34.7%]; untreated, 10/28 [35.7%]). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

failure and cardiac failure were the two major causes of death in these patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2

failure. [eurekaselect.com]

Main findings are muscle weakness and severe respiratory insufficiency while cardiac involvement may be completely absent. [eurekaselect.com]

[…] acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) deficiency, subsequent lysosomal accumulation of glycogen in muscles, impairment of autophagic processes and progressive cardiac, motor and respiratory [eurekaselect.com]

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Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Giant pneumatoceles causing respiratory insufficiency formed secondary to the pneumococcal pneumonia and were aspirated via needle under fluoroscopic guidance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Three days later, because of acute respiratory insufficiency, the patient was hospitalized. Levofloxacin treatment was supplemented with piperacillin/tazobactam. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Because patients with underlying chronic lung disease may have chronic respiratory insufficiency, we excluded these patients from the analysis in a second model, obtaining [erj.ersjournals.com]

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Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis is the abnormal accumulation of iron in parenchymal organs and the most common form of iron overload disease. It may be inherited or acquired. The patients suffering from hemochromatosis have the following clinical picture. The skin of these patients acquires a bronze pigmentation due to the[…] [symptoma.com]

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

It is characterized by progressive weakness leading to loss of ambulation, respiratory insufficiency, cardiomyopathy, and scoliosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

insufficiency’ that leads to worsening breathing. [santhera.com]

Respiratory insufficiency may be treated with noninvasive ventilatory support (eg, nasal mask—see Status asthmaticus (SA)). [msdmanuals.com]

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Enterovirus Infection

He developed limb weakness and respiratory failure on July 25 and was transferred to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for further management on the same day. [info.gov.hk]

failure, cortical necrosis (that may lead to severe long-term neurologic sequelae) have also been reported. [orpha.net]

Fetal anomalies of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and genitourinary system, along with neurodevelopmental delay, bilateral pleural effusion, abdominal ascitis, severe respiratory [orpha.net]

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Overdose

Patients with CNS depression or respiratory insufficiency may need to be intubated. [clinicaladvisor.com]

failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by pulmonary hemorrhage, respiratory failure, and high early mortality rates. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Recurrent Pulmonary Embolism

The filter appears promising in patients with a high risk of PE, for exemple the elderly, presenting with a thromboembolic history, cancer, heart failure or respiratory insufficiency [clinicaltrials.gov]

insufficiency Active cancer RV dysfunction or myocardial injury Stroke Bilateral deep vein or ilio-caval thrombosis Exclusion Criteria Contraindication to anticoagulation [wikijournalclub.org]

insufficiency, recent ischemic stroke with leg paralysis, DVT involving the iliocaval segment or occurring bilaterally, right ventricular dilation, elevated BNP, or elevated [emcrit.org]

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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

This causes respiratory failure due to a restriction of gas exchange and changes in the ventilation/perfusion ratio. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Surgical repair was performed at 1 day of age, but the infant died on postoperative day 51 due to respiratory insufficiency without any evidence of pulmonary venous obstruction [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma

insufficiency, and simulating a progression of the tumor. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 74-year-old woman with non-allergic asthma, Parkinson's disease and adult-onset diabetes, was admitted to the intensive care unit because of respiratory insufficiency. [thefreelibrary.com]

A case of gastrointestinal cancer-associated antigen (CA19-9)-positive bronchioloalveolar carcinoma accompanied by bronchorrhea and respiratory failure successfully treated [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Status Epilepticus

Respiratory insufficiency with orotracheal intubation was associated with a high mortality rate in SE 27. [scielo.br]

A 60-year-old female (with hypertensive emergency and respiratory failure requiring intubation) was transferred to the Neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU) due refractory [n.neurology.org]

failure Please rate topic. [medbullets.com]

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Pneumothorax

In patients suffering from tension pneumothorax (beside the respiratory insufficiency) hemodynamic deterioration (neck vein distension in normovolemic patients) occurs. [kidsdoc.at]

Respiratory failure may lead to a need for lung transplantation, and previous pleurodesis is no longer an absolute contraindication for lung transplantation. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Chest pain and shortness of breath, varying degrees of respiratory distress. Reduced or missing breath sounds on the side of the pneumothorax. [kidsdoc.at]

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Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

insufficiency and airway infections. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Few patients die from liver failure or respiratory failure before developing any neurological symptoms. [symptoma.com]

Thereafter, the patient suffered repeated respiratory infections and died of respiratory failure at 9 years of age. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Interstitial Lung Disease

[…] involving the small airways and blood vessels of the lung parenchyma; may lead to respiratory insufficiency and death. [fpnotebook.com]

Here, we report a 4-year-old girl who suffered from severe progressive respiratory failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

ECMO was giving when the patient suffered acute respiratory failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hypercapnia

Permissive hypercapnia is hypercapnia, (i.e. high concentration of carbon dioxide in blood), in respiratory insufficient patients in which oxygenation has become so difficult [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] arrest of newborn ( P28.81 ) respiratory distress of newborn ( P22.0 ) respiratory failure ( J96.- ) respiratory failure of newborn ( P28.5 ) respiratory insufficiency [icd10data.com]

Permissive hypercapnia, a ventilatory strategy for acute respiratory failure in which the lungs are ventilated with a low inspiratory volume and pressure, has been accepted [en.wikipedia.org]

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Benzodiazepine Overdose

The level of consciousness and respiratory insufficiency on the scene were assessed by responsiveness to a verbal stimulus and pulse oximetry. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In the case by Łukasik-Głębocka et al, 4 respiratory insufficiency returned 30 minutes after receiving flumazenil. [mhc.cpnp.org]

[…] if other drugs or ethanol are ingested or in cases of chronic hepatic or respiratory insufficiency. [wikitox.org]

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Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

We report the case of a 3-monthold girl with severe respiratory insufficiency and, later, intense hypotonia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

SMARD1 is a poor-prognosis disease that should be considered when acute respiratory insufficiency, of suspected neuromuscular or unclear cause, develops during the first 6months [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Appleton RE, Hubner C, Grohmann K, Varon R (2004) Congenital peripheral neuropathy presenting as apnoea and respiratory insufficiency: spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory [doi.org]

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