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Complications could include:
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Hypoxemia
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Decreased lung compliance
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Hospital Acquired Infections
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If the patient's lung injury does not soon begin to heal, the lack of sufficient oxygen can injure other organs, such as the kidneys. There always is a risk that bacterial pneumonia will develop at some point.
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Pulmonary fibrosis develops when the alveoli, tiny air sacs that transfer oxygen to the blood, become damaged and inflamed. The body tries to heal the damage with scars, but these scars collapse the alveoli and make the lungs less elastic.
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Pneumothorax is the collection of air or gas in the space around the lungs.Pneumothorax may result from chest trauma, excess pressure on the lungs, or a lung disease such as COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis, or whooping cough. In some c...
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Pneumothorax is a collection of air or gas in the chest or pleural space that causes part or all of a lung to collapse.Normally, the pressure in the lungs is greater than the pressure in the pleural space surrounding the lungs. However, if air ent...
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Pulmonary edema is an abnormal build up of fluid in the air sacs of the lungs, which leads to shortness of breath.Pulmonary edema is usually caused by heart failure. As the heart fails, pressure in the veins going through the lungs starts to rise....
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Pulmonary edema is a condition in which fluid accumulates in the lungs, usually because the heart''s left ventricle does not pump adequately.The build-up of fluid in the spaces outside the blood vessels of the lungs is called pulmonary edema. Pulmo...
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Pulmonary hypertension is a rare lung disorder characterized by increased pressure in the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood from the lower chamber on the right side of the heart(right ventricle) to the lungs where it...
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Acute(sudden) kidney failure is the sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to remove waste and concentrate urine without losing electrolytes.Kidney failure; Renal failure; Renal failure- acute; ARF; Kidney injury- acute.There are many possible ...
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or dis- order damages the kidneys so that they can no longer adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain proper levels of kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream.Chronic kidney fai...
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bl...
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A hospital-acquired infection, also called a nosocomial infection, is an infection that first appears between 48 hours and four days after a patient is admitted to a hospital or other health-care facility.About 5–10% of patients admitted to ...
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A hospital-acquired infection is usually one that first appears three days after a patient is admitted to a hospital or other health-care facility. Infections acquired in a hospital are also called nosocomial infections.About 5–10% of patien...
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A nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infection is a new infection that develops in a patient during hospitalization. It is usually defined as an infection that is identified at least forty-eight to seventy-two hours following admission, so infectio...
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