Respiratory Acidosis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99).

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Obesity (obesity)
  • Hypokalemia (potassium deficiency)
  • Hypophosphatemia (phosphate deficiency), severe
  • Myxedema – pasty (puffy; bloated) skin that shows non-push-in, doughy edema (swelling) that is not position-dependent
  • Pickwick syndrome – combination of massive obesity, snoring, andinsomnia with alveolar hypoventilation (inadequate breathing with decreased respiratory rate)

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).

  • Apoplexy (stroke)
  • Brainstem infarction – resulting in damage to the respiratory center.

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Kyphoscoliosis – abnormal position of the spine.
  • Polymyositis – autoimmune disease of the skin and muscles.

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS; synonyms: Idiopathic polyradiculoneuritis, Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome) – there are two courses: acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (peripheral nervous system disease); idiopathic polyneuritis (multiple nerve disease) of spinal nerve roots and peripheral nerves with ascending paralysis and pain; usually occurs after infection
  • Central nervous system infections, unspecified.
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Muscular dystrophies – genetic muscle diseases that lead to progressive muscle wasting.
  • Myasthenia gravis (MG; synonyms: myasthenia gravis pseudoparalytica; MG); rare neurological autoimmune disease in which specific antibodies against the acetylcholine receptors are present, with characteristic symptoms such as abnormal load-dependent and painless muscle weakness, asymmetry, in addition to local also a temporal variability (fluctuation) over the course of hours, days or Weeks, an improvement after recovery or rest periods; clinically can be differentiated a purely ocular (“concerning the eye”), a faciopharyngeal (face (Facies) and pharynx (pharynx) concerning) emphasized and a generalized myasthenia; about 10% of cases already show a manifestation in childhood.
  • Neuromuscular diseases, unspecified.
  • Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome – characterized by obstruction or complete obstruction of the upper airway during sleep.
  • Central sleep apnea syndrome – repeated respiratory arrests due to lack of activation of respiratory muscles (episodic inhibition of respiratory drive).

Injuries, poisonings, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

  • Barotrauma – condition occurring primarily in divers due to rapid changes in air pressure.
  • Rib series fracture

Medication