What Causes Respiratory Failure?
Society issues for Respiratory failure Hospitalizations for Respiratory failure: 206,000 (NHLBI 1999) Hospitalization statistics for Respiratory failure: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Respiratory failure: • 0.046% (5,875) of hospital consultant episodes were for respiratory failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03) • 66% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory failure required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03) • 48% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory failure were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03) • 52% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory failure were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03) • 68% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory failure required e