1. Respiratory Acidosis may occur for multiple reasons

2. Respiratory Acidosis: Primary Carbonic Acid/CO 2 Excess

3. Respiratory Acidosis results from inadequate excretion of carbon dioxide from the lungs.

4. There are two primary types of Acidosis: respiratory Acidosis and metabolic Acidosis

5. Respiratory Acidosis can be subcategorized as acute, chronic, or acute and chronic

6. CO2 will also accumulate in the tissues of the body, resulting in respiratory acidosis.

7. By definition it causes an increased concentration of carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) and respiratory acidosis.

8. In acute respiratory Acidosis, there is a sudden elevation of arterial pCO2 because of failure of ventilation

9. Respiratory Acidosis can result from anything that interferes with respiration, such as pneumonia, emphysema, or congestive heart failure.

10. In patients with severe respiratory acidosis NIV requires a skilled and experienced team and close monitoring in order to perceive a failure of NIV.

11. Respiratory Acidosis occurs when the blood is overly acidic due to an excess of carbonic acid, resulting from too much CO 2 in the blood

12. Acidosis is the condition of having too much acid in the blood and other body fluids with two classifications – metabolic Acidosis or respiratory Acidosis.… Acidosis (Acidoses): Read more about Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Causes and Prognosis.

13. If the brainstem fails to prompt normal breathing, the airway is blocked, lung tissue is inadequately ventilated with air or inadequately perfused with blood, or the diaphragm and musculoskeletal support of breathing fails, respiratory Acidosis may develop

14. We have then presented data on ventilation and arterial blood, before, during, and after pulmonary resections in 19 cases, showing that hypoventilation exists and is responsible for the respiratory acidosis that always accompanies the increase in CO2 content and in pCO2.

15. Acidosis is caused by an overproduction of acid that builds up in the blood or an excessive loss of bicarbonate from the blood (metabolic Acidosis) or by a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from poor lung function or depressed breathing (respiratory Acidosis).

16. This was also valid for all calculated and measured pH values when the SID was varied: non-respiratory alkalosis (↑) or acidosis (↓), pCO2:respiratory acidosis (↑) or alkalosis (↓) and Atot:hyperproteinemic acidosis (↑) or hypoproteinemic alkalosis (↓) were varied and the sum of the buffer bases (BB) was always equal to the SID.

17. Respiratory Acidosis is primary increase in carbon dioxide partial pressure (P co 2) with or without compensatory increase in bicarbonate (HCO 3 −); pH is usually low but may be near normal.Cause is a decrease in respiratory rate and/or volume (hypoventilation), typically due to central nervous system, pulmonary, or iatrogenic conditions.