title: Acute respiratory failure in a regional respiratory unit.
abstract: One thousand, six hundred and sixteen patients with acute respiratory failure were managed in a regional respiratory unit. The patients are classified according to cause, the need for artificial ventilation and results.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications