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What are causes of hyperventilation?
Anxiety, infection, fever, pulmonary embolism, chemical exposure/poisoning that would cause elevated carbon dioxide levels like salicylate, metabolic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, Kussmaul's respirations
A lung that hyperventilates can cause...
respiratory alkalosis.
What are the causes of hypoventilation?
atelectasis, COPD
A lung that hypoventilates can cause...
...respiratory acidosis.
Author
gretchenaclark
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35051
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respiratory.txt
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For exam 1
Updated
2010-09-16T02:43:25Z
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