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respiratory depression
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Hypoventilation
In
medicine
,
hypoventilation
(also known as
respiratory depression
) occurs when
ventilation
is inadequate (
hypo
meaning "below") to perform needed
gas exchange
. By definition it causes an increased concentration of
carbon dioxide
(
hypercapnia
) and
respiratory acidosis
.
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