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Respiratory arrest
ICD-10	R 09.2
ICD-9	799.1

Respiratory arrest is the cessation of breathing. It is a medical emergency and it usually is related to or coincides with a cardiac arrest. Causes include opiate overdose, head injury, anaesthesia or drowning. Respiratory arrest is treated initially with artificial ventilation, together with treatment of the likely cause.

Treatment

To avoid hypoxic brain damage, breathing must be administered artificially, either by mouth-to-mouth techniques, or mechanical ventilation, while underlying causes are detected and treated.

v • d • e Symptoms and signs: respiratory system (R04-R07, 786)

Hemorrhage	Epistaxis · Hemoptysis

Abnormalities of breathing	Respiratory sounds: Stridor · Wheeze · Rales · Rhonchi · Hamman's sign Dyspnea · Hyperventilation/Hypoventilation · Hyperpnea/Tachypnea/Bradypnea · Orthopnea/Platypnea Biot's respiration · Cheyne-Stokes respiration · Kussmaul breathing Hiccup · Mouth breathing/Snoring

Other	Asphyxia · Cough · Pleurisy · Sputum Respiratory arrest · Hypercapnia/Hypocapnia Pectoriloquy: Whispered pectoriloquy · Egophony · Bronchophony Pleural friction rub Fremitus

Chest, general	Chest pain

respiratory system navs: anat nose,larynx/lower+thoracic cavity/physio/dev, noncongen/congen/tumors, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc

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