Can Anesthesia Cause Respiratory Acidosis?
Airway Obstruction, Cardiac Arrest, and Respiratory Paralysis Usually Cause Respiratory Acidosis. These Patients Are Invariably Hypoxemic If Breathing Room...
Airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, and respiratory paralysis usually cause respiratory acidosis. These patients are invariably hypoxemic if breathing room air. Breathing oxygen-enriched air (i.e., anesthesia) sometimes causes normal or increased Po2.
How does anesthesia affect the respiratory system?
Most anesthetics cause a loss of muscle tone that is accompanied by a fall in the resting lung volume. The lowered lung volume promotes cyclic (tidal) or continuous airway closure. High inspired oxygen fractions cause rapid absorption of gas behind closed airways, resulting in atelectasis.
Can anesthesia cause fluid in lungs?
Some people develop a build-up of mucus in their lungs due to anesthesia and experience pain when they push air out of their nose and mouth or breathe air in.
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