In this article, we will discuss various Causes of Type II Respiratory Failure. So, let’s get started.
Causes
Respiratory causes
Severe acute asthma
Pulmonary embolism
Inhaled foreign body
Laryngeal edema
Multiple fractured ribs, flail chest
Chronic bronchitis (COPD)
Terminally ill patients
Progressive respiratory disease
Kyphoscoliosis (severe chest deformity)
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (Pickwickian syndrome)
Sleep-apnea syndrome
Respiratory muscles paralysis
Sputum retention syndrome
Extrarespiratory causes
Drug (narcotics) overdose
Brainstem infarction
GB syndrome
Metabolic alkalosis
Infections
Myasthenia gravis
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
Myxoedema
Heart failure
Source: Emergency Medicine by SN Chugh and Ashima Chugh
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