The Effect of Supplemental Oxygen on Hypercapnia in Subjects With Obesity-Associated Hypoventilation A Randomized, Crossover, Clinical Study

I spend a lot of my day reminding people to turn the oxygen down in hypercapnic patients. Here is a neat piece of researching showing in obesity hypoventilation syndrome that giving lots of oxygen, increases the CO2. #88-92 https://t.co/WxGPi9CJmp

100% FiO2 to obesity hypovent pts increases PCO2, like COPD (by displacement via alv-gas eq, not respiratory drive) https://t.co/lctwGPuQLV

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