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    definition of chronic respiratory acidosis

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    Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.


    Read more...http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000092.htm



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