What does 'pulminary arrest' mean, and how serious is it?

Answer 1

Pulmonary or Respiratory arrest is the cessation of the normal tidal flow of the lungs due to paralysis of the diaphragm, collapse of the lung or any number of respiratory failures. It is a medical emergency and it usually is related to or coincides with a cardiac arrest (heart stops beating). Respiratory arrest is first treated with artificial respiration until the patient is revived or advanced life care arrives.

Complete respiratory arrest manifests clinically as absence of spontaneous ventilatory movement in an unconscious person, often with associated cyanosis (bluish discoloration of skin and mucus membranes), but it may develop acutely in a conscious victim secondary to foreign body obstruction (eg, café coronary). If respiratory arrest is prolonged, cardiac arrest quickly follows because progressive hypoxemia (lack of oxygen) impairs cardiac function. Impending respiratory arrest is characterized by a depressed sensorium and feeble, gasping, or irregular respirations, often with accompanying tachycardia (rapid heart rate), diaphoresis (excessive sweating), and relative hypertension due to agitation and CO2 accumulation.

Answer 2

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About 2% to 3% of the general population experience excessive sweating a condition called hyperhidrosis which can occur with or without a trigger. The most common type is called primary (or focal) hyperhidrosis and it has no known cause, although it seems to run in families. You may have a different type of excessive sweating called secondary (or generalized) hyperhidrosis.
This means that your symptoms may be due to an underlying medical condition or disease (e.g., nerve damage or a hormone disorder), or due to a side effect of a medication you are taking. Talk to your doctor.
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Answer 3

Do you mean "Pulmonary arrest"?
In infants and children, the most common cause of cardiac arrest (lack of an effective heartbeat) is respiratory arrest. In adults, the opposite usually occurs: Cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest.
Please see the web pages for more details on Pulmonary arrest.

Answer 4

Pulmonary- Lungs
Arrest- Stoppage. Stoppage of breathing.
You probably mean cardio pulmonary arrest, when the heart and lungs both stop working. Cardio-- Heart.

Answer 5

It means your heart stops beating which is fatal, unless the person is resusitated.....