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1. Respiratory acidosis (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This disrupts the body's acid-base balance. Body fluids become too acidic.• Reviewer: Andrew Schriber, M.D., F.C.C.P., Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

2. Respiratory Failure (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks of the lungs and chest are to get oxygen from the air that is inhaled int...• Author: David A. Cramer MD

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3. Failure, respiratory -- MedicineNet
Failure, respiratory definition - Lungs: pulmonary and respiratory health and medical information produced by doctors. Focus on Lung Therapies Respiratory Health, including extensive medical information about asthma, lung cancer and pneumonia.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10699

4. Respiratory Failure: Mechanical Ventilation -- Information from the Merck Manual
Respiratory failure can also result from severe, sudden lung disease (such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (see Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ) in otherwise healthy people. Use of bi-level positive airway pressure at night can help...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch055/ch055a.html#sec04-ch055-ch055a-851

5. Respiratory failure -- Information from Health A to Z
The respiratory therapist has a number of methods available to help patients overcome respiratory failure. Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs...
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/respiratory_failure.jsp

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