Definitions for "Respiratory failure"
The failure to exchange enough oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs.
Inability to maintain normal tensions of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.
condition where the lungs have failed in their primary function of bringing adequate oxygen to the blood and of excreting carbon dioxide; in respiratory failure the level of blood oxygen is either reduced or the level of carbon dioxide is increased, or both.
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