endocrine and metabolic disorders
Respiratory Acidosis
Treatment of Respiratory Acidosis
Adequate ventilation Treatment is provision of adequate ventilation by either endotracheal intubation or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (for specific indications and procedures, see Overview of Respiratory Failure ). Adequate ventilation is all that is needed to correct respiratory acidosis. Chronic hypercapnia generally must be corrected slowly (eg, over several hours or more) because too-rapid P Any potassium and chloride deficits are corrected. Sodium bicarbonateis almost always contraindicatedbecause of the potential for paradoxical acidosis within the CNS. One exception may be in cases of severe bronchospasm, in which bicarbonate may improve responsiveness of bronchial smooth muscle to beta-agonists. 