Hypercapnia From Hyperoxia in COPD: Another Piece of the Puzzle or Another Puzzle Entirely?

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Authors

Stephen W. Littleton · John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Abstract

Embarrassment is a powerful teacher. I was barely 3 months into my internship, on night float at my residency's Veterans Affairs hospital, when I received a page from a concerned ward nurse. A patient was unresponsive. He was admitted for a severe COPD exacerbation. I examined him, and he only

Topics & Keywords

Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Respiratory Care

Volume 60, Issue 3, pp. 473-475

DOI: 10.4187/respcare.03979

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