Disease or Syndrome
respiratory acidosis
res·pi·ra·to·ry ac·i·do·sis
Subclass of:
Respiratory Insufficiency; Acidosis
Definitions related to acidosis, respiratory:
  • (respiratory acidosis) A condition in which the blood pH is less than normal, secondary to impaired gas exchange.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (respiratory acidosis) Acidosis because of respiratory retention of carbon dioxide.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • (respiratory acidosis) Excess retention of carbon dioxide in the body resulting from ventilatory impairment.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Respiratory retention of carbon dioxide. It may be chronic or acute.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Respiratory acidosis is primary increase in carbon dioxide partial pressure (Pco2) with or without compensatory increase in bicarbonate (HCO3?); pH is usually low but may be near normal. Cause is a decrease in respiratory rate and/or volume (hypoventilation), typically due to central nervous system, pulmonary, or iatrogenic conditions....
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
  • Respiratory acidosis is an acid-base balance disturbance due to alveolar hypoventilation. Production of carbon dioxide occurs rapidly and failure of ventilation promptly increases the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2).
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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