Respiratory Acidosis Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD; Chief Editor: Zab Mosenifar, MD   more...
 
Updated: Oct 3, 2011
 
 

Diagnostic Considerations

All potential causes of respiratory acidosis should be considered (see Etiology and Pathophysiology). These include lung disease, neuromuscular diseases, and central neurologic depression. Thus, conditions that should be considered include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, severe kyphoscoliosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and myasthenia gravis.

Differential Diagnoses

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Contributor Information and Disclosures
Author

Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD  Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Program Director of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, East Tennessee State University, James H Quillen College of Medicine; Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy, James H Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Ryland P Byrd Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society

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Coauthor(s)

Thomas M Roy, MD  Chief, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Quillen Mountain Home Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, East Tennessee State University, James H Quillen College of Medicine

Thomas M Roy, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, Southern Medical Association, and Wilderness Medical Society

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Specialty Editor Board

Oleh Wasyl Hnatiuk, MD  Program Director, National Capital Consortium, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Oleh Wasyl Hnatiuk, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Thoracic Society

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD  Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Chief Editor

Zab Mosenifar, MD  Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director, Women's Guild Pulmonary Disease Institute, Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Zab Mosenifar, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, and American Thoracic Society

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Additional Contributors

The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous authors Jackie A Hayes, MD, FCCP, and Wael El Minaoui, MBBS,to the development and writing of the source article.

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