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What number of people on average die of respiratory failure?

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Dr. Charles Burger answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care

RESP Failure: If you're referring to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS, there are about 200,000 cases with 75,000 deaths annually

Answered 4/24/2015

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