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Classification of etiology of acute respiratory failure |
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| Classification |
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| Pulmonary |
Upper airway obstruction, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructuve pulmonary disease, lobar pneumonia, malignant effusion, aspergilloma, aspiration pneumonitis, lobar collapse, asthma exacerbation, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema |
| Cardiac |
Congestive heart failure, pericarditis, primary cardiomyopathy, acute myocardial infarction, bacterial endocarditis |
| Neurologic |
Status epilepticus, cerebral vascular accident, intracranial hemorrhage, convulsion/seizure disorder |
| Renal |
Acute renal failure |
| Other |
Liver failure, drug overdose, upper/lower gastrointestinal bleed, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, blood transfusion reaction, vasculitis |
Seymour et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R322 doi:10.1186/cc2913 |
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