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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differentiating Respiratory acidosis from other Diseases

For differential diagnosis of respiratory acidosis is consideration of the three structures involved in ventilation should be made: the chest cavity, central respiratory drive, and the lungs and airways.

Lung and airway

• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary edema
• COPD/Asthma
• Foreign body
• Tumor

Chest cavity

• Neuromuscular disorder
• Muscular disorder
• Kyphoscoliosis
• Pleural effusion
• Flail chest
• Pneumothorax

Central respiratory drive

• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Sedation
• Narcotics
• Respiratory drive hypofunction secondary to infection, inflammation or infarction