Pathophysiologies

Pulmonary Edema Brain trauma

Predisposing:
Abnormal heart valves
Congestive heart failure Kidney failure
Heredity Pulmonary embolution
ARDS Viral infections
Gender (male) Eclampsia

• 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)

• Poor oxygenation of the blood– (dizziness,weakness,hypoxia oxygen

supplementation)

• Poor systemic circulation

• Brain is affected
 ACUTE PULMONARY DISTRESS
SYNDROME
Precipitating
Predisposing -Injury
-Severe pneumonia -Blood loss
-Previous Lung disease -Infection
-Sepsis

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)