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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, usually caused by acute respiratory failure from conditions such as asthma and obstructive pulmonary disease. It can lead to seizures and death if acute and untreated.
- noun Carbon dioxide poisoning due to abnormally high concentrations of carbon dioxide in an organism's environment.
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- noun medicine the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of
carbon dioxide in theblood
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- noun the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood
Etymologies
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Someone who says things like "Carbon Dioxide is harmless" when in fact, hypercapnia can kill people, is a dangerous person.
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High levels of CO2 can give rise to hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis, which can lead to unconsciousness and death if left untreated.
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Above 5% in the atmosphere will cause hypercapnia, above 7%-10% unconsciousness pretty quickly, at least according to the wiki.
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Well, hypercapnia means an increase in the frequency of inhalation-exhalation cycles motivated by scarcity of Oxygen in a given environment saturated by CO2.
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You can experience hypercapnia when your blood cannot exchange CO2 by Oxygen at the respiratoty bronchial alveoles.
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Respiratory depression occurs more frequently in elderly or debilitated patients and in those suffering from conditions accompanied by hypoxia, hypercapnia, or upper airway obstruction, in whom even moderate therapeutic doses may significantly decrease pulmonary ventilation.
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Some elements of risk may impact simultaneously upon the individual liability to panic and exaggerated sensitivity to hypercapnia.
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These patients must be treated to avoid or interhemispheric fissure may restrict the increased ICP to only reduce secondary lesion, due to hypoxemia, hypercapnia, one side of the brain, at least, in the beginning; sometimes, the hypocapnia, etc.
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Be especially cautious if you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or a condition that reduces oxygen to the tissues (hypoxia) or causes an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood (hypercapnia).
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Be especially cautious if you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or a condition that reduces oxygen to the tissues (hypoxia) or causes an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood (hypercapnia).
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