hypocapnia
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Hypocapnia (from the Greek words meaning below normal and kapnós meaning smoke), also known as hypocarbia, sometimes incorrectly called acapnia, is a state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypocapnia usually results from deep or rapid breathing, known as hyperventilation.
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Research
3,010 papers- Hypocapnia.The New England journal of medicine · 2002
- Hypocapnia, mitochondria and surfactant secretion.Thorax · 2019
- Hypocapnia and the injured brain: more harm than benefit.Critical care medicine · 2010
- Hypocapnia in women with fibromyalgia.Scandinavian journal of pain · 2024
- Hypercapnia and hypocapnia in neonates.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2008
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Effects
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Neonatal infants
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Hypocapnia (from the Greek words meaning below normal and kapnós meaning smoke), also known as hypocarbia, sometimes incorrectly called acapnia, is a state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypocapnia usually results from deep or rapid breathing, known as hyperventilation.
Hypocapnia is the opposite of hypercapnia.
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