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Respiratory Failure

What is respiratory failure?

Respiratory failure is a condition in which your blood doesn't have enough oxygen or has too much carbon dioxide. Sometimes you can have both problems.

When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen. The oxygen passes into your blood, which carries it to your organs. Your organs, such as your heart and brain, need this oxygen-rich blood to work well.

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Results 1 - 10 of 194 for "respiratory%failure"
  1. Respiratory Failure (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is respiratory failure? Respiratory failure is a condition in which your blood doesn't have enough oxygen or has too much carbon dioxide. Sometimes you ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/respiratoryfailure.html - Health Topics
  2. Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure 
    Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF) is an inherited disease that affects muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) and muscles that are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...y-myopathy-with-early-respiratory-failure - Genetics
  3. Tracheostomy care 
    A tracheostomy is surgery to create a hole in your neck that goes into your windpipe. If you need it for just a short time, it will ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000076.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. What Is Respiratory Failure? From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Respiratory failure, acute respiratory failure, chronic respiratory failure, ventilator, CPAP, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/respiratory-failure - External Health Links
  5. Lung Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... breathing problems. Some lung diseases can lead to respiratory failure. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lungdiseases.html - Health Topics
  6. Respiratory acidosis 
    Complications may include: Poor organ function Respiratory failure Shock
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000092.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 
    Complications may include: Respiratory failure Liver failure Heart failure Kidney problems
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007192.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 
    ... an inherited condition that causes muscle weakness and respiratory failure typically beginning in infancy. Early features of this ... of the disorder later in childhood.Soon after respiratory failure occurs, individuals with SMARD1 develop muscle weakness in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...-atrophy-with-respiratory-distress-type-1 - Genetics
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Respiratory Insufficiency From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Respiratory Failure/Clinical Trials ... Respiratory Failure
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...sufficiency"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Using oxygen at home 
    Because of your medical problem, you may need to use oxygen to help you breathe. You will need to know how to use and store your oxygen .
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000048.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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