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Acute respiratory failure

Known as: acute failure respiratory, arf 
Life-threatening respiratory failure that develops rapidly. Causes include injury, sepsis, drug overdose, and pancreatitis. It manifests with dyspnea… 
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Acute Disease
ChestLungRespiratory Distress Syndrome, AdultRespiratory Failure

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2001
2001
Aspergillus Bronchitis Causing Atelectasis and Acute Respiratory Failure in an Immunocompromised Patient
Aspergillus tracheobronchitis is an uncommon clinical form of invasive aspergillosis with fungal infection limited entirely or… 
1994
1994
Carbon dioxide rebreathing method of cardiac output measurement during acute respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Objective: To compare measurement of cardiac output by the CO2 rebreathing method vs. the thermodilution cardiac output technique… 
1988
1988
Extracorporeal support in acute respiratory failure
Following the introduction of the membrane lung into clinical practice it was appealing to use this device as a substitute for… 
1984
1984
Effects of aminophylline on diaphragmatic fatigue during acute respiratory failure.
The effects of aminophylline on diaphragmatic fatigue and recovery in the face of hypoxemia and hypercapnic acidosis were studied… 
1983
1983
Gradual Versus Abrupt Weaning From Respiratory Support in Acute Respiratory Failure and Advanced Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
Two methods of weaning from mechanical ventilation were compared in 18 instances of acute respiratory failure requiring… 
1982
1982
Lack of adverse hemodynamic effects of PEEP in patients with acute respiratory failure
The hemodynamic effects of PEEP ventilation were studied in 16 patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Cardiac… 
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1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cardiopulmonary parameters and prognosis after severe multiple trauma.
Comprehensive cardiopulmonary and metabolic monitoring of severely traumatized patients for 7 days from the time of injury has… 
1978
1978
Pulmonary entrapment of platelets during acute respiratory failure.
The relationship between platelet entrapment by the lung and the development of acute respiratory failure (ARF) was investigated… 
1976
1976
Acute respiratory failure and intravascular coagulation.
The possible association between acute respiratory failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation was examined in eight… 
1974
1974
Distributions of ventilation-perfusion ratios in acute respiratory failure.
shown a doubling of the extravascular lung water but we know that this is a small percentage of the total lung weight; therefore…