There are multiple definitions:
acute hypercapnic respiratory failure(English)
- acute respiratory failure implies an inability to maintain adequate oxygenation for tissues or adequate removal of carbon dioxide from tissues. The differential diagnosis should be informed by the radiographic appearance of the chest radiograph and by the patient's history and physical examination. A specific diagnosis should be pursued, which frequently requires ancillary studies such as blood or sputum cultures, bedside spirometry, perfusion lung scan, or a CT angiogram using multidetector scanners. This allows the physician to initiate specific therapy for the underlying cause of acute respiratory failure. These patients often require supportive therapy
- Respiratory system, Diagnostics
- https://doi.org…52993-8.00030-8
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