Hypercapnia

Hypercapmia is an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood (paCO ₂ above 5.8 kPa). The opposite of hypercapnia is hypocapnia.

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• ŠVÍGLEROVÁ, Jitka. Hypercapnia [online]. Last revision 2009-02-18, [cit. 2010-11-11]. < https://web.archive.org/web/20160416224425/http://wiki.lfp-studium.cz/index.php/Hyperkapnie >.