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hypercarbia
Elevated pCO2.
Clinical manifestations:
1) asterixis
2) obtundation
3) conjunctival suffusion
Related
arterial blood gas (ABG)
respiratory acidosis; hypercapnic acidosis
General
sign/symptom
References
Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 721