Acute respiratory failure Journal Article


Authors: Inghar, D. H.; White, D. A.
Article Title: Acute respiratory failure
Abstract: Respiratory failure is a common problem in the patient with cancer. Many of these patients require intubation and treatment in an intensive care unit. Expeditiously determining the cause of the respiratory failure and treating it appropriately is mandatory. In addition, understanding the reason for respiratory failure permits rational determination of the aggressiveness of therapy. © 1988 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: leukemia; clinical feature; review; nonhuman; cancer patient; neoplasms; infection; bleeding; pneumocystis pneumonia; risk factor; lung embolism; lung metastasis; diagnosis; blood transfusion; fibrosing alveolitis; hypoventilation; myasthenia gravis; paraneoplastic syndrome; erythrocyte transfusion; tumor embolism; radiation pneumonia; tuberculosis; virus pneumonia; acute disease; respiratory insufficiency; respiratory failure; adult respiratory distress syndrome; lung hemorrhage; lung diseases; diaphragm paralysis; lung tuberculosis; acute respiratory failure; bacterial pneumonia; bronchus obstruction; hypersensitivity; acute respiratory tract disease; neuromuscular diseases; lung mycosis; leukocyte transfusion; leukostasis; cancer; human; priority journal; article; support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s.; upper respiratory tract obstruction; acute chest syndrome; noncardiogenic lung edema
Journal Title: Critical Care Clinics
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0749-0704
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.  
Date Published: 1988-01-01
Start Page: 11
End Page: 40
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(18)30503-7
PUBMED: 3061574
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Article in "Critical Care of the Cancer Patient" -- Export Date: 6 August 2020 -- Source: Scopus
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