05/08/2020
Respiratory Failure | National Heart, Lung, and Blood ...
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Respiratory failure also can occur if your lungs can't properly remove carbon dioxide (a waste gas) from your blood. Too much carbon dioxide in your blood can harm your body's organs. Both of these problems—a low oxygen level and a high carbon dioxide level in the blood—can occur at the same time
Respiratory failure is a condition in which not enough oxygen passes from your lungs into your blood, or when your lungs cannot properly remove carbon dioxide from your blood. Learn about causes, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments for respiratory failure, and how to participate in cli...