Hypercapnia
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Used for
carbon dioxide retention, hypercarbia
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Broader Terms
carbon dioxide tension, dyspnea
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Hypercapnia is generally caused by hypoventilation, lung disease, or diminished consciousness.
- Therapeutic hypercapnia is not protective in the in vivo surfactant-depleted rabbit lung.
- Extreme hypercapnia is not a long-term prognostic factor after near-fatal asthma: a 12-year follow-up study.
- Hypercapnia is excessive (more than necessary) carbon dioxide in the blood.
- When hypercapnia is sustained, renal adjust- ments markedly amplify the secondary increase in plasma bicar- bonate, further ameliorating the resulting acidemia.
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