Respiratory Failure
Also known as: ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lungs and Breathing
What is respiratory failure?<p>Respiratory failure is a condition in which your blood doesn't have enough oxygen or has too much carbon dioxide.
Sometimes you can have both problems.</p><p>When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen.
The oxygen passes into your blood, which carries it to your organs.
Your organs, such <span class="qt1">as</span> your heart and brain, need this oxygen-rich blood to work well.</p><p>Another part of breathing is removing the carbon dioxide from the blood and breathing it out.
Having too much carbon dioxide in your blood can harm your organs.</p>What causes respiratory failure?<p>Conditions that affect your breathing can cause respiratory failure.
These conditions may affect the muscles, nerves, bones, or tissues that support breathing.
Or they may affect the
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