Respiratory acidosis

Respiratory acidosis refers to an increase in primary PaCO2 and a decrease in pH. Clinically, this disease can exist alone or with other acid-base disorders. According to the speed of onset can be divided into two categories of acute respiratory acidosis and chronic respiratory acidosis.

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