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.
Hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis ensue when impairment in ventilation occurs and the removal of carbon dioxide by the respiratory system is less than the production of carbon dioxide in the tissues. Lung diseases that cause abnormalities in alveolar gas exchange do not typically result in alveolar hypoventilation.