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ARF and Cor Pulm.

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Acute Respiratory Failure   not a disease but a condition; inadequate gas exchange, lung can not make the O2 demand of tissues  
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Signs of ARF   specific or nonspecific; sudden or gradual onset; either decrease in PaO2 or rapid increase in PaCO2  
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PaO2   partial pressure oxygen or oxygen pressure in arterial blood; free oxygen that has not yet bound to hemoglobin (80-100mmhg)  
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SaO2   oxygen saturation in arterial blood. Once oxygen is bound to hemoglobin, it no longer exerts pressure (greater or equal to 90%)  
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PaCO2   partial pressure CO2, the amount of carbon dioxide present in the arteries (35-45mmhg)  
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Hypoxemia vs Hypercapnia   Hypoxemia is not enough O2 in the blood, anything less than 60mmhg. Hypercapnia is not enough CO2 taken out of the blood, so anything greater than 45mmhg.  
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Symptoms of Respiratory Failure   Early signs are tachycardia or HTN. Late signs are severe morning headache or cyanosis.  
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Consequences of hypoxemia/hypoxia   Metabolic acidosis, cell death, decreased cardiac output, and impaired renal function  
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Clinical Manifestations of Resp Failure   rapid shallow breathing; tripod position; dyspnea; pursed-lip breathing; retractions; change in I/E ratio  
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Ventilation-Perfusion Mismatch   volume of blood perfusing the lungs each minute (4-5L); this fails to match the fresh gas that reaches the alveoli, so glood and gas don't match...causes: COPD, pneumonia, asthma, atelectasis, PE  
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Shunt   blood exits the heart w/o having participated in gas exchange; there are 2 types: Anatomic shunt (ventricular/septal defect) and Intrapulmonary shunt (b/c of fluid filled alveoli; ARDS, pneumonia, and PE)  
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diffusion Limitation   gas exchange is compromised b/c a process has thickened or detroyed the membrane; severe emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, recurrent PE, hypoxemia present during exercise  
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Alveolar Hypoventilation   decrease in ventilation that results in an increase in PaCO2 and decrease in PaO2, its a mechanical in PaO2; restrictive lung disease, CNS disease, chest wall dysfunction, and neuromuscular disease  
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Cor Pulmonale   enlargement of the R ventricle (right-sided heart failure); secondary to disease of the lung, thorax, or pulmonary circulation; causes: pulmonary HTN, cardiac failure, and COPD (most common)  
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Clinical Manifestations of Cor Pulmonale   dyspnea; chronic productive cough; wheezing; retro/substernal pain; fatigue  
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clinical Manifestations of heart failure   peripheral edema 3+, weight gain, JVD, full & bounding pulse, enlarged liver  
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