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===Life Threatening Causes===
===Life Threatening Causes===
"Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours."
"Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours."
*[[Cerebrovascular accident]]
*[[Diabetic neuropathy]]
*[[End-stage renal disease]]
*[[Obesity hypoventilation syndrome]]
*[[Opioids]] Overdose
*[[Post-polio syndrome]]
*[[Postoperative complication]]
*[[Spinal cord injury]]


===Common Causes===
===Common Causes===
*[[Common cold]]
*[[Diabetic neuropathy]]
*[[Enlarged adenoids]]
*[[Palatine tonsil#Tonsillar hypertrophy|Enlarged tonsils]]
*[[Hypothyroidism]]
*[[Obesity]]
*[[Opioids]] overdose
*[[Postoperative complication]]
*[[Sinusitis]]
*[[Tonsilitis]]


===Causes by Organ Systems===
===Causes by Organ Systems===
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[[Hurler syndrome]],
[[Hurler syndrome]],
[[metabolic syndrome]],
[[metabolic syndrome]],

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Life Threatening Causes

"Those conditions that can cause death and/or permanent disability within the next 24 hours."

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Causes by Organ Systems

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat

Enlarged adenoids, Enlarged tonsils, malformations of the nose, malformations of the throat

Endocrine

Diabetic neuropathy, hypothyroidism

Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Gastroesophageal reflux
Genetic

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Marfan syndrome, muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy, Potocki-Lupski syndrome, WAGR syndrome

Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic Postoperative complication
Infectious Disease

Common cold, meningoencephalitis, post-polio syndrome, sinusitis, tonsilitis

Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic

Muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy

Neurologic

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Arnold-Chiari malformation, cerebrovascular accident, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, diabetic neuropathy, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Joubert syndrome, multiple system atrophy, post-polio syndrome, spinal cord injury

Nutritional/Metabolic

Hurler syndrome, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Pompe disease

Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic

Glaucoma-sleep apnea syndrome

Overdose/Toxicity

Alcohol intoxication, Opioids

Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary

Glaucoma-sleep apnea syndrome, obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Renal/Electrolyte End-stage renal disease
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes

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