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Respiratory acidosis - Prevention

Ventilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory

Do not smoke. Smoking leads to the development of many severe lung diseases that can cause respiratory acidosis.

Losing weight may help prevent obesity hypoventilation syndrome.

Be careful about taking sedating medicines, and never combine these medicines with alcohol.

Reviewed last on: 11/12/2007
Andrew Schriber, M.D., F.C.C.P., Specialist in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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