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hypercarbia

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Noun1.hypercarbia - the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
asphyxia - a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas


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The inevitable co-existence of hypercarbia sets the scene for disaster via cardiac depression--predisposition to arrhythmias and a hyperadrenergic state.
Weese-Mayer and co-workers suggested that congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is diagnosed in individuals with the following: * Hypoventilation with absent or negligible ventilatory sensitivity to hypercarbia and absent or variable sensitivity to hypoxemia.
Some patients may also have pulmonary blebs, which spontaneously burst and cause a pneumothorax, resulting in hypercarbia, haemodynamic instability, and even venous gas embolism.
 
 
 
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