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What is the blood gas value to determine hypercapnia & hypoxia?
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See below: Hypercapnea or hypercarbia-too much carbon dioxide is measured by the pco2 in a blood gas (elevated). Hypoxia is a lack of oxygen in the blood and measured by the po2 (low).
Answered 3/26/2013
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