Respiratory Alkalosis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Bronchial asthma
  • Hematothorax – accumulation of blood in the pleural space (airless space between the lung and pleura).
  • Pulmonary edema – accumulation of water in the lungs.
  • Pneumonia (pneumonia)
  • Restrictive lung disease, this is a condition in which the lung and/or thorax (chest) is/are reduced in distensibility; this includes the following conditions:

Blood, hematopoietic organs – immune system (D50-D90).

  • Anemia (anemia)
  • Sarcoidosis

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

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

  • Cardiac defect with right-to-left shunt
  • Heart failure
  • Pulmonary embolism – occlusion of pulmonary vessels.
  • Cerebrovascular insult (stroke)

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Sepsis (blood poisoning), gram-negative.

Liver, gallbladder, and biliary tract-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).

  • Liver failure
  • Liver cirrhosis

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Brain tumors, unspecified

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

  • Anxiety
  • Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)
  • Meningitis (meningitis)
  • Psychosis
  • Mental, emotional stress

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

  • Fever
  • Pain, unspecified

Causes (external) of morbidity and mortality (V01-Y84).

  • Aspiration (swallowing)

Injuries, poisoning, and other sequelae of external causes (S00-T98).

  • Hematothorax – accumulation of blood in the pleural space (airless space between the pleura and pleura).
  • Craniocerebral trauma (TBI)
  • Traumatic thoracic instability – instability of the chest.

Further

  • Stay at high altitude
  • Stay in greater heat
  • Pregnancy

Medication