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Can emphysema cause hypercapnia?
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Yes: hypercapnea is more common with COPD than with emphysema and many patients have a mixture of COPD and emphysema but I have seen a few cases of hypercapnia where emphysema was the primary issue.
Answered 3/7/2015
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