RT Book, Section
A1 Kim, Juliann Lipps
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146114125
T1 Respiratory Distress
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146114125
RD 2024/04/23
AB Respiratory  distress  is  one  of  the  most  common  reasons  for  a  child  to  present  to  the  emergency  department  or  a  practitioner’s  office.  Respiratory  distress  can  result  from  disorders  in  the  respiratory  system  or  in  organ  systems  that  control  or  influence  respiration.  Young  children  have  an  increased  risk  for  respiratory  distress  because  of  their  anatomy  and  physiology.  Nearly  20%  of  all  emergency  department  visits  for  children  younger  than  2  years  are  for  respiratory  disease.1  The  causes  of  respiratory  distress  are  vast,  and  practitioners  caring  for  children  should  have  a  systematic  approach  to  its  diagnosis  and  management.  Cardiopulmonary  arrest  in  children  is  largely  due  to  respiratory  failure  (in  adults,  cardiac  causes  are  most  common).  Rapid  evaluation  and  management  of  severe  pediatric  respiratory  disease  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  respiratory  failure.