Acute respiratory failure
Borkenstein, J.
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 136(5-6): 128-129
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5341 PMID: 3088848 Document Number: 286152
The acute respiratory insufficiency (ARI) is a complicating syndrome in many severe, primarily not the lungs affecting internal and chirurgical diseases. As result of activation of classic cascade-systems, gas diffusion disturbance, right-left shunt and lung restriction occur. The effecting global respiratory insufficiency is only to prevent by polypragmatic therapy but often lung fibrosis terminates medical efforts.