Respiratory failure

Let air out of the bowel to allow more air in the lungs: surgical treatment of weaning failure

“…This case illustrates the potential novel use of PEC in patients with severe colonic distension who are refractory to conservative measures, leading to diaphragmatic splinting, and impaired weaning from mechanical ventilation. Indeed, reducing the respiratory muscle elastic load caused by the abdominal distension was highly effective in progressing weaning in this patient,3 with presumed improvement in diaphragm function as has been previously reported with colectomy 4…”

Arterial Blood Gases

“…Oxygenation is linked to the acid-base status as [H + ] and pCO 2 in addition to temperature and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (DPG) levels affects the affinity of oxygen to haemoglobin. Respiratory failure may be classified as Type I hypoxaemic respiratory failure and Type II hypercapnic respiratory failure, respectively 51 . Acute respiratory failure is a common in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 1 study found it to be present in 49% of patients admitted to ICU and another 8% developing it during their ICU stay 52 .…”