Complications of Respiratory failure

Complications list for Respiratory failure:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Respiratory failure includes:

• Hypoxemia
• Pulmonary hypertension

See also the symptoms of Respiratory failure and Respiratory failure: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Respiratory failure from the Diseases Database include:

• Choreoathetosis
• Cardiac arrhythmia
• Cardiac arrest
• Reduced level of consciousness
• Cerebral oedema
• Fits
• Lactic acidosis
• Acute confusional state
• Breathlessness
• Vegetative state
• Polycythaemia

See also the symptoms of Respiratory failure and Respiratory failure: Introduction.

Respiratory failure as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Respiratory failure as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Respiratory failure.

About complications:

Complications of Respiratory failure are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Respiratory failure. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Respiratory failure and complications of Respiratory failure is unclear or arbitrary.

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