What is respiratory failure

What is respiratory failure
Respiratory function is to absorb outside the human body needs oxygen, and the body's metabolism from the waste carbon dioxide. To accomplish this task, we must have a lung ventilation ducts and air communication between the outside world (known as the medical ventilation), and held positions in the alveolar gas exchange, absorb oxygen and remove carbon dioxide (medically known as the ventilation function). Any person for any reason cause lung ventilation or ventilation dysfunction, the body will not be able to get the necessary oxygen, which in medicine known as hypoxia. When hypoxia up to a certain extent, the patient lips, fingertips Fazi (medically known as cyanosis). At this point if the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood in less than 60 mm Hg, then known as respiratory failure.

Respiratory failure related to the classification, is still not completely unified, more or less as follows, ① ill patients by the time (known as the medical course) the length can be divided into acute and chronic. ② the pathophysiology of change can be divided into ventilation type (also called alveolar type) and ventilation type, ② the disease can be divided into parts of central and peripheral. ④ by arterial blood gas analysis of the change into

Type I (ventilators obstacles or hypoxemia type) and Type II (ventilation obstacles or hypercapnia type).

Respiratory failure patients directly Granville's life, we must actively rescue. The main treatment is oxygen, but should not be inhaled high concentrations of oxygen and maintain respiratory unobstructed, increase ventilation, in the airway open, under the premise of the use of respiratory stimulants. Active and effective infection control, select the appropriate antibiotic enough, the joint use. Correct pH balance disorders and electrolyte imbalance. If necessary, to tracheal intubation, and tracheotomy to assist breathing, as appropriate, the use of diuretics, hormones and shot in the arm.