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Management

This includes supportive measures and treatment of the underlying cause.

Supportive measures which depend on depending on airways management to maintain adequate

ventilation and correction of the blood gases abnormalities.

1. Correction of Hypoxemia

2. Correction of hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis

3. Ventilatory support for the patient with respiratory failure