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What is the medicine/method to contain co2 in blood for a person who is admitted in icu with respiratory problems. Currently he is breathing thru tube/mask.
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Suffering from type 2 respiratory failure.Follow adv by your phy. Can be many reason of co2 rise.
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When oxygen supply is weak, or rate of breathing is low, co2 in body goes up. So giving oxygen and restoring breathing, will decrease co2.
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