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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Within Vinony's link graph, hypocapnia is referenced by 1,263 other articles, and connects out to dyspnea, snoring and respiratory sound.
It is catalogued under the topic Symptoms and signs: Respiratory system.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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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
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- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hypocapnia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.