Table 1 Classification of etiology of acute respiratory failure
From: The outcome of extubation failure in a community hospital intensive care unit: a cohort study
Classification | Details |
|---|---|
Pulmonary | Upper airway obstruction, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructuve pulmonary disease, lobar pneumonia, malignant effusion, aspergilloma, aspiration pneumonitis, lobar collapse, asthma exacerbation, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema |
Cardiac | Congestive heart failure, pericarditis, primary cardiomyopathy, acute myocardial infarction, bacterial endocarditis |
Neurologic | Status epilepticus, cerebral vascular accident, intracranial hemorrhage, convulsion/seizure disorder |
Renal | Acute renal failure |
Other | Liver failure, drug overdose, upper/lower gastrointestinal bleed, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, blood transfusion reaction, vasculitis |