American Locomotive Works, in Dunkirk, New York, with the permission of the company. Food service contract management companies are multi-billion dollar corporations. Business and industry food service is a term commonly used by all of the national contract management food service companies.
Back to Top Causes. Causes of respiratory acidosis include: 1  Diseases of the airways (such as asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease). 2  Diseases of the chest (such as scoliosis). 3  Diseases affecting the nerves and muscles that signal the lungs to inflate or deflate.
Respiratory acidosis due to hypercapnia is a common and severe complication observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in advanced phase. Development of acidosis worsens the prognosis and is associated with higher mortality rate.