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respiratory failure
noun
- a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
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Within six days, however, the infant was admitted to a pediatric hospital with diarrhea, bluish skin, and respiratory failure.
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Preeclampsia, or hypertension of pregnancy, can cause stroke, seizures, liver rupture, respiratory failure and maternal death.
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Lethal doses produce complete paralysis, and death is caused by respiratory failure.
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She died at once from respiratory failure, in spite of restorative measures.
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The essential point here to be added is that death takes place from combined cardiac and respiratory failure.
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