Won’t Breathe as Etiologies of High elevated PaCO2
- decreae RR
- Respiratory Drive
- Voluntary hypervent.
- NI Pimax & A-a grad
- Metabolic alkalosis
- 1° neurologic: brain-
- stem stroke, tumor, 1°
- alveolar hypovent
- 2° neurologic: sedatives,
- CNS infxn,
- hypothyroidism