Adult Respiratory Distress Sy... : Complications
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Complications could include:
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Decreased lung compliance
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Hospital Acquired Infections
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Hypoxemia
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Lung damage (such as pneumothorax) due to use of high settings on the breathing machine needed to treat the disease; Multiple organ system failure; Pulmonary fibrosis; Ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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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. Without prompt treatment, as many as ...
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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 infections incubating, but not clinically apparent, at admission are excluded.
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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.
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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 acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities in the United States develop a hospital-acquired, or nosocomial, infection, with an annual total of more than one million people.
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Acute renal failure is sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and conserve electrolytes . ("Acute" means sudden, "renal" refers to the kidneys.)
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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 bloodstream. Chronic kidney failure, also known as chronic renal failure, affects over 250,000 Americans annually.
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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 failure, also known as chronic renal failure, affects over 250,000 Americans annually.
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A pneumothorax is collection of air or gas in the space surrounding the lungs.
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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.
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Pulmonary edema involves fluid accumulation and swelling in the lungs.
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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.
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Pulmonary fibrosis is scarring in the lungs. Pulmonary fibrosis develops when the alveoli, tiny air sacs that transfer oxygen to the blood, become damaged and inflamed.
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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 picks up oxygen.
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