Pediatric respiratory failure

Respiratory failure (respiratory failure) is a severe clinical syndrome, one of the most common emergencies in pediatrics, and a common cause of death, referred to as respiratory failure. Respiratory failure refers to the central and / or peripheral respiratory physiological dysfunction caused by various reasons, making the partial pressure of arterial blood oxygen (PaO2) 8kPa (60mmHg) or accompanied by partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2) 6.67kPa (50mmHg), And there is a clinical syndrome of dyspnea. More common in children with acute respiratory failure.

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