hypoventilation

Etiology

• impaired respiratory drive
  • peripheral & central chemoreceptor disorder
    • carotid body dysfunction, trauma
    • prolonged hypoxia
    • metabolic alkalosis
  • brainstem respiratory neuron disorder
    • bulbar poliomyelitis, encephalitis
    • brainstem infarction, hemorrhage, trauma
    • brainstem demyelination, degeneration
    • chronic drug administration
    • primary alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
• respiratory neuromuscular disorder
  • spinal cord & peripheral nerve disorder
    • high cervical trauma
    • poliomyelitis
    • motor neuron disease
    • peripheral neuropathy
  • respiratory muscle disorder
    • myasthenia gravis
    • muscular dystrophy
    • chronic myopathy
• impaired respiratory system
  • chest wall disorder
    • kyphoscoliosis
    • fibrothorax
    • thoracoplasty
    • ankylosing spondylitis
    • obesity-hypoventilation
  • airway obstruction
    • laryngeal & tracheal stenosis
    • obstructive sleep apnea
    • cystic fibrosis
    • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

More general terms

• sign/symptom

More specific terms

• central hypoventilation syndrome; primary alveolar hypoventilation; Ondine's curse
• sleep-related hypoventilation syndrome

Additional terms

• hyperventilation