RT Book, Section A1 Dorsch, Jennifer J. A1 Mora, Jorge I. A2 Grippi, Michael A. A2 Antin-Ozerkis, Danielle E. A2 Dela Cruz, Charles S. A2 Kotloff, Robert M. A2 Kotton, Camille Nelson A2 Pack, Allan I. SR Print(0) ID 1195017398 T1 Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: Pathogenesis and Management T2 Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260473988 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195017398 RD 2024/10/15 AB The respiratory control system is made up of three main components: (1) the central neural respiratory generator, (2) the sensory input system, and (3) the neuromuscular effector system.1 These three systems work in unison for the purpose of carbon dioxide (CO2) elimination and oxygen (O2) uptake. By incorporating sensory and chemosensory input, a ventilatory response to physiologic or neuromuscular stress arises, the goal of which is to produce steady alveolar ventilation, while expending minimal energy to meet a person’s metabolic needs.