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Hypocapnia is defined as a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood. This is a major respiratory symptom.
Hypocarbia is caused by chronic hyperventilation (or an automatic deep breathing pattern) leading to alveolar hypocapnia (lack of CO2), and if there is no ventilation-perfusion mismatch, to arterial CO2 deficiency.
Hypocarbia is caused by chronic hyperventilation (or an automatic deep breathing pattern) leading to alveolar hypocapnia (lack of CO2), and if there is no ventilation-perfusion mismatch, to arterial CO2 deficiency.