respiratory failure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrespiratoryandfailure
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respiratory
adjective[before noun]
uk/rɪˈspɪr.ə.tər.i/us/ˈres.pə.rə.tɔːr.i/
relating ...
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failure
noun
uk/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition ofrespiratoryandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We did not observe a death related torespiratoryfailure.
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Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used to treat severe pulmonary hypertension which accompaniesrespiratoryfailure.
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All patients suffered fromrespiratoryfailurepreoperatively and surgery was performed somewhat urgently.
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Fifteen children were affected by acuterespiratoryfailuredue to interstitial pneumonia.
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In a few cases infected infants develop an acuterespiratoryfailureand need mechanical ventilation.
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If untreated, the ultimate outcome is severe surfactant dysfunction andrespiratoryfailure.
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Many premature infants with respiratory distress developrespiratoryfailurerequiring assisted ventilation.
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Three days after his hospital admission he died ofrespiratoryfailureand cardiac arrest.
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Response of premature infants with severerespiratoryfailureto inhaled nitric oxide.
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This decompensation was characterized byrespiratoryfailure, severe systemic hypoperfusion with combined metabolic and respiratory acidoses, pulmonary congestion, and cardiomegaly.
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Late stages of the disease are accompanied by reduced oxygenation andrespiratoryfailure, which often leads to death.
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Pulmonary haemorrhage withrespiratoryfailuremay be present in either of the three forms of crescentic glomerulonephritis discussed above.
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Within a week, the patient dies, commonly, from either dehydration or pneumonia or fromrespiratoryfailureor other complications.
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Early compared with delayed inhaled nitric oxide in moderately hypoxaemic neonates withrespiratoryfailure: a randomised controlled trial.
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He presented at 16 months of age in acuterespiratoryfailure, requiring intubation and mechanical ventilatory support.
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While the bone is being removed, the patient's esophagus ruptures, leading to sepsis and acute liver, kidney, andrespiratoryfailure.
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Fluoroscopy of the chest revealed the cause of prolongedrespiratoryfailureto be unilateral phrenic nerve palsy.
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High frequency oscillating ventilator and inhaled nitric oxide were required for severerespiratoryfailureand pulmonary hypertension.
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The lowest benefit patients are those without central nervous problems, sepsis, andrespiratoryfailure, 30 years of age, after elective surgeries.
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Three with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection hadrespiratoryfailuresecondary to pulmonary edema and underwent successful correction following 1-4 days ofsupport.
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Generally, respiratory muscle weakness parallels general weakness, but there are exceptions, andrespiratoryfailuremay develop in a fully ambulant patient.
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Besides the acuterespiratoryfailure, the inner surface of the extracorporeal circuit is also a strong activator of the complement system.
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The disease symptoms can be relatively mild, but in some cases severe complications, including bronchial pneumonia andrespiratoryfailure, can occur.
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