Catalog
Respiratory failure
Link to WHO Definition
Respiratory failure – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/370028006
Respiratory failure is a life-threatening impairment of oxygenation or carbon dioxide (CO2) elimination. Respiratory failure may occur because of impaired gas exchange, decreased ventilation, or both. The level of oxygen in the blood becomes dangerously low or the level of carbon dioxide becomes dangerously high.