Causes of alveolar hypoventilation, acute onset
| Decreased central drive |
| Drugs (sedatives) |
| Central nervous system diseases (encephalitis, stroke, trauma) |
| Altered neural and neuromuscular transmission |
| Spinal cord trauma |
| Transverse myelitis |
| Tetanus |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| Poliomyelitis |
| Guillain-Barré syndrome |
| Myasthenia Gravis |
| Organophosphate poisoning |
| Botulism |
| Muscle abnormalities |
| Muscular dystrophy |
| Disuse atrophy |
| Prematurity |
| Chest wall and pleural abnormalities |
| Acute hyperinflation |
| Chest wall trauma (flail chest, diaphragmatic rupture) |
| Lung and airways diseases |
| Acute asthma |
| Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Cardiogenic and noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema |
| Pneumonia |
| Upper airways obstruction |
| Bronchiectasis |
| Other |
| Sepsis |
| Circulatory shock |