TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 8. Acute Respiratory Failure A1 - Aisiku, Imoigele P. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Flaxman, Alex A2 - Marshall, John P. PY - 2012 T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine AB - Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is one of the leading causes of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Recently, incidence ranges for ARF, acute lung injury (ALI), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults were found to be 77.6–88.6, 17.9–34.0, and 12.6–28.0 cases/100,000 population per year, respectively.1,2 Mortality rates of approximately 40% were reported for patients with ARF, and similar or slightly lower rates for those with ALI and ARDS.3,4 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55810790 ER -