Acute Medicine | Respiratory | Breathlessness type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure



Breathlessness Type 1 and Type 2 Respiratory Failure
Session Overview
Description
This session discusses the causes of Type 1 and Type 2 respiratory failure, and why people suffer with these types of respiratory problems.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 respiratory failure and list the causes of each type
Although grouped together under the umbrella of respiratory failure, Types 1 and 2 are actually produced by very different mechanisms, as you will see in this session.
Throughout this session:
- pAx refers to Alveolar Partial Pressure of gas x
- pax refers to Arterial Partial Pressure of gas x
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