Trauma, Critical Care and Reconstructive Surgery

Acute respiratory failure (ARF)

ARF is one of the main causes for admission to the Critical care unit (CCU). Haemodynamic evaluation of critically ill persons with acute respiratory failure is very important because, the bond between circulatory instability, morbidity, and mortality. Despite of being this primary cause of respiratory failure still many patients are unstable heamodynamically.

Furthermore, respiratory complications such as nosocomial infection, pulmonary edema, and pneumothorax are most common in critically ill-members. Therefore many patients remain in critical care unit for prolonged time, but still some complications such as muscle weakness, pressure ulcers, device-associated infections, pulmonary embolism, and delirium can develop as a side effect during a prolonged CCU stay.