acarbia
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acarbia
[ah-kahr´be-ah]decrease of bicarbonate in the blood.
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hypocapnia
Decreased CO2 or bicarbonate in blood. Hypocapnia, even when marked, is normally well tolerated; transient induction of hypocapnia can lead to life-saving physiologic changes in patients with severe intracranial hypertension or neonatal pulmonary-artery hypertension, but hypocapnia of longer duration in critically ill patients adversely affects outcomes. Prophylactic induction of hypocapnia has no clinical role.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.