title: Management of Respiratory Failure.
abstract: The management of acute respiratory failure varies according to the etiology. A clear understanding of physiology of respiration and pathophysiological mechanisms of respiratory failure is mandatory for managing these patients. The extent of abnormality in arterial blood gas values is a result of the balance between the severity of disease and the degree of compensation by cardiopulmonary system. Normal blood gases do not mean that there is an absence of disease because the homeostatic system can compensate. However, an abnormal arterial blood gas value reflects uncompensated disease that might be life threatening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny Health Network/Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Tejpreet
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh Lamba
authors.forename: Rihab Saeed
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sharara
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leap
authors.forename: Anil C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide