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Hypercapnia (from the Gr**** hyper, "above" or "too much" and kapnos, "smoke"), also
known as
hypercarbia and CO2 retention, is a
condition of abnormally...
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Permissive hypercapnia is
hypercapnia (i.e. high
concentration of
carbon dioxide in blood) in
respiratory insufficient patients in
which oxygenation has...
- By
definition it
causes an
increased concentration of
carbon dioxide (
hypercapnia) and
respiratory acidosis.
Hypoventilation is not
synonymous with respiratory...
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known as hypoxemia; a rise in
arterial carbon dioxide levels is
called hypercapnia.
Respiratory failure is
classified as
either Type 1 or Type 2, based...
- breathing,
known as hyperventilation.
Hypocapnia is the
opposite of
hypercapnia.
Short term
hypocapnia does not
usually have any
adverse effects. It...
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hypoventilation thus
leads to an
increased PaCO2 (a
condition called hypercapnia). The
increase in PaCO2 in turn
decreases the HCO−3/PaCO2
ratio and decreases...
- environment, such as an
increase in
blood levels of
carbon dioxide (
hypercapnia) or a
decrease in
blood levels of
oxygen (hypoxia), and
transmits that...
- body temperature. Low
blood sugar, low
blood pressure, hyponatremia,
hypercapnia, hypoxia,
slowed heart rate, and
hypoventilation may also occur. Myxedema...
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result of mild
hypoventilation during the
sleeping hours leading to
hypercapnia and vasodilation.
Cerebral edema may
worsen during the
night due to the...
- had
probably lost
consciousness either because of
oxygen toxicity or
hypercapnia induced by the high work-rate of
breathing at depth. Two w****s after...
