loading...| Preferred Name |
respiratory failure |
| Synonyms |
respiratory insufficiency/failure acute respiratory failure failure, respiratory respiratory failure chronic respiratory failure |
| Definitions |
The significant impairment of gas exchange within the lungs resulting in hypoxia, hypercarbia, or both, to the extent that organ tissue perfusion is severely compromised. Causes include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, and congestive heart failure. Treatment requires intubation and mechanical ventilation until the time the lungs recover sufficient function. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0021113 |
| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C26872 ICD9:518.81 SCTID:39871006 ICD9:518.83 MESH:D012131 UMLS:C1145670 DOID:11162 |
| definition |
The significant impairment of gas exchange within the lungs resulting in hypoxia, hypercarbia, or both, to the extent that organ tissue perfusion is severely compromised. Causes include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema, acute respiratory distress syndrome, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, and congestive heart failure. Treatment requires intubation and mechanical ventilation until the time the lungs recover sufficient function. |
| has exact synonym |
respiratory insufficiency/failure failure, respiratory respiratory failure |
| has narrow synonym |
acute respiratory failure chronic respiratory failure |
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| label |
respiratory failure |
| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0021113 |
| prefLabel |
respiratory failure |
| subClassOf |