Table 14-11
- Decreased Alveolar Ventilation
- Central nervous system depression (opioids, general anesthetics)
- Peripheral skeletal muscle weakness (neuromuscular blockers, myasthenia gravis)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Acute respiratory failure
- Increased Carbon Dioxide Production
- Hypermetabolic states
- Sepsis
- Fever
- Multiple trauma
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Hyperalimentation