XLVIII - Neuromuscular / CNS involvement - Disordered breathing (during sleep)
Respiratory failure from ventilatory depression (due to neuromuscular blockade/paralysis)
Last update 23/10/2023
Presentation may range from restrictive lung dysfunction to acute respiratory failure with an increased PaCO2 and respiratory acidosis and blunted ventilatory reponse to hypoxia and/or hypercarbia. Aspiration, brain damage and death can occur (See PMID 25536092). See also under IXi, IXIe, IXa, IXj, IXs