Table 4.
Causes of acute respiratory failure in patients with cancer[35]
CNS and neuromuscular disorders | Chest wall and pleural disorders | Vascular disorders | Airway disorders | Parenchymal disorders |
Drug intoxications: Narcotics; Sedatives; Neuroleptics | Pleural disorder: Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural tumor (primary or metastatic); Tension pneumothorax | Acute pulmonary embolism; Tumor embolism; Pulmonary venooclusive disease | Airway obstruction: Endobronchial metastases; External airway compression; Primary tumor of periglottic area | Pneumonitis: Infection; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Aspiration |
Encephalopathies: Infection; Metabolic; Seizure | Chest wall disorders: Chest wall tumor (primary or metastatic); Rib fracture | Others: Tracheoesophageal fistula; Bronchiolitis obliterans | Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Infection; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Transfusion | |
Intracranial tumors: Primary; Metastatic | Complications of HSCT: Peri-engraftment respiratory distress syndrome; Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome | |||
Neuropathies/myopathies: Nerve palsy | Others: Lymphangitic carcinomatosis; Pulmonary leukostasis; Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia | |||
Paraneoplastic syndromes: Eaton-Lambert syndrome; Myasthenia gravis; Guillain-Barré syndrome |
CNS: Central nervous system; HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant.