Respiratory failure as a result of disease or injury may require a patient to be mechanically
ventilated. This term is a life threatening result of any lung injury which prevents the lungs
from exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide. This patient presents with severe dyspnea,
tachypnea and cyanosis.
This medical term describes a syndrome of insults which lead up to this critical illness.
This syndrome is known as
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