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hypercapnia
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hypercapnia [‚hī·pər′kap·nē·ə]
(medicine)
Excessive amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.


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When the airways become obstructed as a result of these disease processes, patients experience excess sputum production, difficulty breathing, coughing, hypoxemia, and hypercapnea.
However, as respiratory therapists we know that the reported high was most likely hypoxemia, hypercapnea, and vascular changes within the brain that altered their level of consciousness or rendered them unconscious, even if for a short time.
In preparation for these meetings, I educated and armed myself with as much knowledge as I could about the physician's entailed gentle ventilation, permissive hypercapnea and delayed surgery approach.
 
 
 
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