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• Alveoli fill up with excess fluid seeped out from blood vessels --
(abnormal lung sounds administration of diuretics)
• Loosening of alveoli walls
• Problems in gas exchange—(rapid breathing )
Difficulty in breathing – (shortness of breath or breathlessness artificial breathing
machine)
Tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the lungs or airsacs (alveoli) are damaged
Fluid leaks from the blood vessels into the airsacs of the lungs
Some airsacs fill w/ fluid, others collapse
Lungs can no longer fill properly w/ air
Lungs become stiff
Breathing failure----(shortness of breath->ventilator)
Amount of oxygen in the blood drops----(cyanosis->Oxygen administration)
Failure of other organs & body systems (liver, kidney, & immune system)
Multiple organ failure
Death
Acute Respiratory Failure
Predisposing: Precipitating:
- COPD - Too much carbon dioxide
- Spinal Cord injuries in the blood
Breathing is impaired
Lungs can’t easily move oxygen into the blood &
can’t remove Carbon dioxide from the blood
Impaired gas exchange
Low oxygen level and high carbon dioxide level in
the blood -----(arryhtmias,rapid breathing,cyanosis,confusion,
shortness of breath- IV administration, Oxygen
therapy,ventilation support)
Thank you!
Prepared by:
Miss Ma. Kristina Cassandra
Espiritu
(BSN 3-D)