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      3. Old stuff
          3.2. Old physio stuff (around 2005)
              3.2.3. Physiology
                  3.2.3.1. Acid and base
                      3.2.3.1.3. Acid-base disturbances
                          3.2.3.1.3.1. Respiratory acidosis
 3.2.3.1.3.1.1. Causes of respiratory acidosis 

Causes of respiratory acidosis

A. Alveolar hypoventilation

A.1. CNS problems
  • Drug depression of respiratory centre
  • CNS injury
  • Hypoventilation of obesity
  • Cervical cord lesion (at or above C4)
  • Tetanus
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Cardiac arrest with cerebral hypoxia
A.2. Nerve/muscle disorder
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Muscle relaxant drugs
  • Toxins (venom, etc)
  • Myopathies
A.3. Lung or chest wall disorder
  • Acute on chronic COPD
  • Chest trauma
  • Pneumothorax
  • Diaphragmatic paralysis or splinting
  • Pulmonary oedema
  • ARDS
  • Aspiration
  • Restrictive lung disease
A.4. Airway disorder
  • Asthma
  • Laryngospasm
  • Upper airway obstruction
A.5. External factors
  • Inadequate mechanical ventilation

B. Overproduction of CO2

Hypercatabolic disorder
  • Malignant hyperthermia

C. Increased intake of CO2

  • Rebreathing
  • Insufflation of CO2 into body cavity
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