What are the most common causes of respiratory failure?

What are the most common causes of respiratory failure?

Most common causes of respiratory failure include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which is the fourth major cause of death in the United States now, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and of the four top ones is the only one that is increasing in frequency. The others are starting to lessen just a little bit like cancer, stroke, heart attack and the rest. But COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is still on the increase. And it causes death by a combination of too high C2 too low oxygen. We also have other problems such as the adult respiratory distress syndrome which is the form of pulmonary edema that will kill a patient because they can't get enough oxygen into their bloodstream, however, the most common cause of death in that situation continues, the way a person continues on in ARDS is usually from infection not from hypoxemia which is the word for too low oxygen in the blood. The other main problem though with death from respiratory failure includes pneumonias, interstitial lung disease, all of these chronic illnesses that will afflict the lung can lead eventually to respiratory failure and then to death.