Respiratory Failure Prognosis Risk Factors | Medical Algorithm

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with acute respiratory failure presenting to the ED?

Yes

Age of the patient

years

Did the patient receive appropriate therapy in the ED?

Yes

PaCO2

Creatinine clearance

mL per minute

Is the serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) elevated?

Yes

Does the patient show clinical signs of ventilatory failure?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors for mortality present

Predicted in-hospital mortality rate

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Berlin Definition for Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications

Therapy

Selection

Monitoring

Complication Detection
- Lung Injury Score (LIS, Murray Score)

Specialty

Pulmonology

Objective

risk factors

ICD-10

J96.0 - Acute respiratory failure

Risk Factors for Mortality in Elderly Patient with Acute Respiratory Failure

Purpose: To evaluate the risk of in-hospital mortality for an elderly patient presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute respiratory failure.