NutritionSupportoftheCriticallyIllPatientwithOrg.pptVIP

Nutrition Support of the Critically Ill Patient with Organ Failure Respiratory Failure Function of lungs: Move oxygen from air to venous blood and move carbon dioxide (CO2) out Important functional components of lung: Drive mechanism Muscles of respiration Alveoli Acute Respiratory Failure Type 1: hypoxic respiratory failure. Low PaO2 with low to normal PaCO2 (PaO2/PaCO2 = partial pressure exerted by O2/CO2 dissolved in arterial plasma) Type 2: hypercapneic-hypoxic respiratory failure. Low PaO2 with increased PaCO2 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) PaO2:FiO2 ratio ≤ 200 (FiO2 = fr