Respiratory failure

Abstract

Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure 50 Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure 52 Cor pulmonale 53 Type 1 respiratory failure occurs in the presence of a pO2 <8kPa with a normal or low pCO2. This is most commonly caused by a ventilation–perfusion mismatch at the alveolar level, with an increase in the alveolar–arterial (A–a) gradient (...