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Clinical features

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Clinical features of respiratory failure may include:

  • clinical features of the underlying cause of the respiratory failure

  • hypoxia - restlessness, confusion and ultimately, coma

  • hypercapnia causing:
    • drowsiness
    • flapping tremor
    • warm peripheries
    • headaches
    • bounding pulse
    • papilloedema

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