Causes of Apnea
Apnea (finding), APNEAS, Apneic, Apnoea, Apnoeic, Arrest respiratory, Has stopped breathing, Not breathing, Respiratory Arrest (less)
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
Infected organ, Abscesses
Neoplastic Disorders
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Acute gastric acid/aspiration syndrome
- Airway obstruction
- Aspiration of vomitus
- Aspiration oropharyngeal contents
- Foreign body, bronchus
- Foreign body, larynx
- Foreign body, throat
- Foreign body, trachea
- Laryngeal obstruction
- Tracheobronchial obstruction
- Gastric acid aspiration, chronic
- Brain stem herniation/peduncle/tonsils
- Bronchus obstruction
- Tracheal ring collapse/softening
- Subglottic stenosis
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
- Esophageal free reflux/GERD syndrome
- Convulsion/grand mal seizure
- Epilepsy, grand mal
- Laryngospasm, acute
- Ondine's curse respiratory control fail
- Seizure disorder
- Apnea neonatorum
- Sleep apnea syndrome
- Sleep apnea, central type
- Sleep apnea, obstructive type
- Status epilepticus
- Hypothalamic alveolar hypovent. syndr.
- Hypoventilation, primary
- Pickwick's syndrome
Reference to Organ System
Drugs
- Neuromuscular blocker administration
- Non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
- Elderberry/Elder herbal/intake
- Barbiturate overdose
- Benzodiazepine toxicity/overdose
- Intoxication/overdose syndrome
- Barbiturate/sedative abuse/dependent
- Curari administration
- Morphine (MS Contin/MS IR/Avinza) admin
- Succinylcholine (Anectine) (child) adm
- Succinylcholine (Anectine) admin
- Tubocurarine (D-tubocurarine) admin
- Paraldehyde (Paral) admin
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Opiate overdose toxidrome
- Coral snakebite
- Coyotillo (Karwinskia) plant/intake
- Cyanogenic glycoside/plant pits poison
- Insecticide/organophosphate type
- Intravenous/narcotic overdose
- Overdose, drug/alcohol
- Snakebite (neurotoxic/coral/cobra type)
- Water hemlock poisoning
- Drug abuse/recreational/substance abuse
- Fool's parsley plant/intake
- Smoke inhalation
- Solvent/inhalation/Huffing propane etc
- Betel nut/chewing herbal/intake
- Heroin/morphine usage/addiction
- Cyanide/Hydrogen cyanide exposure/poisoning
- Australian black snakebite
- Australian brown snakebite
- Black widow spider bite
- Botulinum toxin/deliberate exposure
- Botulism
- Chlorobenzenes/Dichlorobenzene intake
- Cobra/Naja snakebite
- Crude oil ingestion/aspiration
- Curare poisoning/curare-like agents
- Death camas (Zigadenus) poisoning.
- Ergotism/wild source/wheat rust/intake
- Gila-monster bite/poisoning
- Hemlock (coniine/cicutoxin) poisoning
- Insecticide/pesticide poisoning
- Insecticides/Carbamates poisoning
- Jelly fish sting/Seawasp/Box
- Krait/Blue krait snakebite
- Lubricating oils ingestion/aspiration
- Nerve gas exposure
- Pufferfish/Fugu/Tetrodotoxin poisoning
- Shellfish/Mollusk poisoning
- TEPP/Tetraethyl pyrophosphate poisoning
- Arrow poison frogs/dendrobatidae
- Barium salt poisoning
- Mussel poisoning
- Sodium fluoroacetate/Cpd 1080 poisoning
- Strychnine poisoning
- Geography cone poisoning
- Toxic smoke/weapons (Nox/Hc/Rp/Fs/Fm/Sgf2/Teflon)
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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