XXII - Acute respiratory/cardiorespiratory failure
Respiratory failure from ventilatory depression (of neuromuscular cause or causes)
Last update 17/06/2026
Presentation may range from restrictive lung dysfunction to acute respiratory failure with an increased PaCO2 and respiratory acidosis and blunted ventilatory reponse to hypoxia and/or hypercarbia. Aspiration, brain damage and death can occur (See PMID 25536092). See also under IXi, IXIe, IXa, IXj, IXs.