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n. - The presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood.

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  • Validation of venous pCO2 to screen for arterial hypercarbia in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease
  • According to the authors, frequent episodes of nocturnal hypoxemia and hypercarbia induce vasodilation and disturbances in the autoregulation of the brains of OSA patients.
  • Also, the patient was getting a little somnolent, which is never a good sign when you are worried about hypoxemia / hypercarbia, so I figured it would be best if a nurse...
  • < 60mm Hg, SaO2 < 90% ๏   Extreme altitude:   > 18050 feet (> 5500 m)   Hypoxia, hypercarbia   Cannot acclimate
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