Acute and Chronic Respiratory Failure Flashcards
What is respiratory failure?
Lungs failing to adequately oxygenate arterial blood or prevents the retention of CO2
What is acute respiratory failure? (time, reversibility)
Abrupt onset of failure within hours to days
Can reverse or become chronic
What is chronic respiratory failure? (time, clinical course, reversibility)
Months to years
Can be insidious
Irreversible
What is the definition of acute on chronic respiratory failure?
- Increased baseline oxygen requirements
- Increased CO2 above baseline to drop pH below 7.3
A pH drop below what level characterizes acute on chronic respiratory failure?
7.3
What is the usual cause of acute respiratory failure secondary to a ventilatory failure?
Drug overdose
What is the usual cause of acute respiratory failure secondary to a oxygenation failure?
Pneumonia
What is the usual cause of chronic respiratory failure secondary to a ventilatory failure?
Neuromuscular disease
What is the usual cause of acute respiratory failure secondary to a oxygenation failure?
Pulmonary fibrosis
What is the failure value of PaO2?
Less than 60 mmHg
What is the failure value of PaCO2?
More than 50 mmHg
True or false: PaO2 varies by age
True
What is normal PaCO2?
40 mmHg
What is the equation for PaO2 to adjust for age?
100.1 - 0.32(age)
What is the most common cause of respiratory failure? Second?
Malignant neoplasm
COPD and related
What percent of patients with AECOPD with admission PaCO2 greater than 50 mmHg will die in the hospital? In 6 months
11% in hospital
33% in 6 months
What are the four classifications of respiratory failure?
- Hypoxemic respiratory failure
- Hypercapnic respiratory failure
- Perioperative
- Shock
What is hypoxemic respiratory failure d/t?
- R-L shunt
- V/Q mismatch
- Diffusion defect
What is the cause of hypercapnic respiratory failure?
- Pump failure
- Increased CO2 production
- Deadspace
Blood flow to the respiratory muscles increase by how much in shock? What is the consequence of this?
10x
What are the four major host causes of hypoxemia?
- Hypoventilation
- Diffusion impairment
- Shunt
- V/Q mismatch
What is the major environmental causes of hypoxemia?
Low FiO2
If there is not an increase in PaO2 with oxygenation, what type of pathology should you suspect?
Shunting
What is the usual BP change with tissue hypoxia?
HTN
What are the CV changes late in the course of hypoxia?
Bradycardia
Hypotension
What is the best diagnostic tool to assess the cause of respiratory failure?
H&P
What is the normal A-aa gradient?
Less than 10 mmHg
What is the equation for the age adjusted A-a gradient?
age/4 +4
What is PaO2/FiO2? Why it it useful?
Determines the severity of respiratory failure
What are the mild, moderate, and severe levels of PaO2/FiO2?
Mild 300-200
Moderat 200-100
Severe less than 100
What do B lines on an US indicate?
Pulmonary edema
What are the three interventions that should be obtained with all patients in respiratory failure?
- Oxygen
- IV access
- Vital sign monitoring
What are the four aspects of vital monitoring with patients in acute respiratory failure?
- SpO2
- HR
- BP
- EKG