{"id":5097,"date":"2011-07-14T20:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T20:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashtext.org\/misc\/respiratory-failure.htm\/"},"modified":"2013-11-23T19:13:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T00:13:31","slug":"respiratory-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashingpatient.com\/medical-surgical\/pulmonology\/respiratory-failure.htm\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Atelectasis<\/span><\/h2>\n

not a causal factor in post-operative fever (Chest 2011;140(2):418)<\/p>\n

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Respiratory Failure<\/p>\n

Type I-hypoxemic, PaO2<60<\/p>\n

Type II-hypercapneic w\/wo hypoxemia, PaCO2>50<\/p>\n

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Mechanisms of Hypoxemia<\/p>\n

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  1. Inadequate PAO2\n