Meanings of chronic respiratory failure in English

Purpose: Non-invasive ventilation is largely used to treat acute and chronic respiratory failure.

The incidence of chronic respiratory failure is underestimated in Martinique.

Lung transplantation must be considered when chronic respiratory failure occurs in patients younger than 60 years.

Improvements in medical care have allowed many children with neuromuscular disease and chronic respiratory failure to survive into adulthood.

Conclusions: In patients with chronic respiratory failure, blood gas parameters should be considered as negative prognostic factors of right heart failure.

The study was designed to assess the patterns of use of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) for patients with chronic respiratory failure across Europe.

During the period January 1985 to January 2001, 53 children with chronic respiratory failure were included in the home care program.

Purpose of review: Muscle wasting and impaired muscle oxidative metabolism are common extrapulmonary features of chronic respiratory failure (CRF) that significantly increase disease burden.

The most common cause of mortality in patients receiving AFT was chronic respiratory failure, accounting for approximately 60%, and decreased proportions of LC were found.