hypercapnia

Examples

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• During the examination, the nurse found that elevated levels of carbon dioxide indicated hypercapnia in the patient's blood.

• However, cases with CSR and hypercapnia have been reported previously.

  Academic text (2007)

• Previously reported improvements in hypercapnia may have been due to spontaneous improvement in patients whose treatment was started before their clinical condition was stable.

  Academic text (1992)

• Hypercapnia is not a constant finding in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.

  Academic text (2000)

• For example, severe hypothyroidism with TSH concentrations approaching 100 mU/L is associated with hypercapnia.

  Academic text (2002)

• The result is reduced pharyngeal tone and reduced ventilatory and arousal responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia.

  Academic text (2002)

• The resulting hypercapnia and metabolic acidosis perhaps drive ventilation via chemoreceptor mechanisms.

  Academic text (1991)

• However, for patients with hypercapnia during wakefulness and for those who have coexisting lung disease, these devices not only improve breathing comfort, but by offering a boost to inspiration, they also assist ventilation and lower carbon dioxide levels.

  Academic text (1999)

• In our patient, we observed episodes of severe desaturation, and blood gas analyses showed hypoxaemia and hypercapnia in the apnoeic period and almost normal values during the tachypnoeic period.

  Academic text (2007)

• Afterwards, his mental status improved and his tendency to sleep gradually diminished, but his ABG results still indicated respiratory acidosis and hypercapnia for approximately 120 hours (5 days).

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

H

hypercarbia

vshypercapnia

• Specialized

9.1

A condition in which the blood has too much carbon dioxide

is the same condition expressed by a different medical term

How High

hypercapnia

• Specialized

1 9.9

hypocapnia

• Specialized

1 9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology