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hypoventilation

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hy·po·ven·ti·la·tion  (hp-vntl-shn)
n.
Abnormally slow and shallow respiration, resulting in an increased level of carbon dioxide in the blood.


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4[degrees]C (patient 1); a 20-month-old girl with previous obstructive pulmonary disease who had acute respiratory insufficiency along with generalized hypoventilation, crackles, wheezing, and radiologic images of air entrapment requiring bronchodilator administration (patient 2); a 16-month-old girl who had a febrile syndrome, basal crackles on pulmonary auscultation, and perihilar infiltrates (patient 3); and an 11-month-old boy with pneumonia of the upper left lobe (patient 4).
Prolonged hypoventilation of the maxillary sinus can result in atelectasis.
And some authors suggest that the protective effect of swimming might result from hypoventilation (insufficient breathing) and hypercapnia (subsequent C[O.
 
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