An Unusual cause of Acute Hypercapneic Respiratory Failure
Wang J, Chichra A, Koenig S. An Unusual cause of Acute Hypercapneic Respiratory Failure. Clinical Medicine Insights Circulatory Respiratory And Pulmonary Medicine 2011, 5: ccrpm.s7687. PMID: 22174594, PMCID: PMC3236007, DOI: 10.4137/ccrpm.s7687.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesHypercapneic respiratory failureRespiratory failureAcute hypercapneic respiratory failureDiffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosisUpper airway obstructionIdiopathic skeletal hyperostosisIntrinsic pulmonary diseaseProgressive dyspneaAirway obstructionExtensive workupNeurologic causesPulmonary diseaseRare causeUnusual causeObvious etiologySkeletal hyperostosisCase reportDiagnostic imagingCauseFailureDyspneaChronicEtiologyHyperostosisObstruction